Working Knowledge: Employee Innovation and the Rise of Corporate Intellectual Property, 1800-1930

by Catherine L. Fisk

Book Overview

Skilled workers of the early nineteenth century enjoyed a degree of professional independence because workplace knowledge and technical skill were their "property," or at least their attribute. In most sectors of today's economy, however, it is a foundational and widely accepted truth that businesses retain legal ownership of employee-generated intellectual property.

In Working Knowledge, Catherine Fisk chronicles the legal and social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469622203
• ISBN13: 9781469622200
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"