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Hvide, Hans K.; Kristiansen, Eirik Gaard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We study how firm-specific complementary assets and intellectual property rights affect the management of knowledge workers. The main results show when a firm will wish to sue workers that leave with innovative ideas, and the effects of complementary assets on wages and on worker initiative. We...

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Functional Regions

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje; Stough, Roger - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of entrepreneurship and innovations for economic development in … functional regions and in doing that highlighting the different conditions offered for entrepreneurship and innovations in … functional regions of various sizes. In conclusion, the conditions for entrepreneurship and innovations vary substantially …

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Management of Knowledge Workers

Hvide, Hans K.; Kristiansen, Eirik G. - Institutt for foretaksøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2006

We study how complementarities and intellectual property rights affect the management of knowledge workers. The main results relay when a firm will wish to sue workers that leave with innovative ideas, and the effects of complementary assets on wages and on worker initiative. We argue that firms...

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