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Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia Working Paper No. 07/2008 The Effects of Employee Mobility Between Competitors and Cooperators on Firm Performance by Deepak Somaya, Ian O. Williamson and Natalia Lorinkova Date: November 2008 Abstract: Drawing on social capital theory, we argue that whether firms hire employees from or lose employees to competitors vs. cooperators (e.g., potential clients) will have different effects of firm performance. We test our hypotheses by examining patent attorney movements between law firms and Fortune 500 companies. Downloads: PDF [61K] |
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