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1 online resource (x, 360 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in legal history
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Studies in legal history.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Stealing in the dark the improvements of others -- The genius which conceived and the toil which compiled the book -- If these mill owners desire to cripple a man's enterprise and his energy and intelligence, they must contract to that effect -- An ingenious man enabled by contract -- They claim to own him, body, and soul -- Corporate management of science and scientific management of corporations -- The corporation's money paid for the painting ; its artist colored it; its president designed it -- Conclusion : attribution, authenticity, and the corporate production of technology and culture. |
Summary |
In most sectors of today's economy, it is a foundational and widely accepted truth that businesses retain legal ownership of employee-generated intellectual property. That was not the case in the 19th century, however, when workplace knowledge and technical skill were considered the property of skilled workers. Fisk chronicles the legal and social transformations that led to the transfer of ownership of employee innovation from labor to management and argues that this deeply contested development was won at the expense of workers' entrepreneurial independence and ultimately economic democracy. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Inventions, Employees' -- United States -- History.
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Inventions, Employees'. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Intellectual property -- United States.
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Intellectual property. |
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Patents and government-developed inventions -- United States.
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Patents and government-developed inventions. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History -- Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Fisk, Catherine L., 1961- Working knowledge. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009 9780807833025 (DLC) 2009009385 (OCoLC)313018327 |
ISBN |
9780807899069 (electronic book) |
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0807899062 (electronic book) |
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9781469605333 (electronic book) |
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1469605333 (electronic book) |
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0807833029 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807833025 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807833025 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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