Noncompete covenants: Incentives to innovate or impediments to growth

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-438

  Samila, Sampsa ^a   Sorenson, Olav ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Entrepreneurship; Financial intermediaries; Innovation; Legal institutions; Venture capital; Wages

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; ENDOGENEITY; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; LEGAL INSTITUTIONS; LEGAL REGIMES; METROPOLITAN AREA; POSITIVE EFFECTS; STRONG INTERACTION; VENTURE CAPITAL;

ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; WAGES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79551710346     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1280     Document Type: Article

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