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...

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...

The knowledge-based economy poses before organisations challenges related to an effective management of workers' knowledge. Organisations cannot efficiently function if they do not use resources of knowledge of all their employees, also elderly workers, aged 65. An aim of considerations is to...

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...

Knowledge based industries such as information technologies, financial services and consultancy are increasingly becoming more important for developed as well as developing economies. In India, IT industry has grown at the rate of about fifty percent in domestic as well as export market for the...