Such a biased and utilitarian view. The goal of publishing is to communicate your findings to the scientific community for the sake of advancing our knowledge as a society.
Of course you might want to keep _some_ of this knowledge as trade secret, but then don’t claim you are doing research.
You are advancing your shareholder’s interests, not that of the broader society.
Of course you might want to keep _some_ of this knowledge as trade secret, but then don’t claim you are doing research.
You are advancing your shareholder’s interests, not that of the broader society.