Talent Wants to Be Free
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Why We Should Learn to Love Leaks, Raids, and Free Riding
Orly Lobel
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This timely book challenges conventional business wisdom about competition, secrecy, motivation, and creativity. Orly Lobel, an internationally acclaimed expert in the law and economics of human capital, warns that a set of counterproductive mentalities are stifling innovation in many regions and companies. Lobel asks how innovators, entrepreneurs, research teams, and every one of us who experiences the occasional spark of creativity can triumph in today’s innovation ecosystems.
Orly Lobel is Herzog Professor of Law at the University of San Diego, where she is founding member and professor of the Center for Intellectual Property and Markets. A world traveler, she lives in La Jolla, CA.
"Lobel does an expert job at guiding us through the complex world of restrictive strategies and proves why new approaches to information exchange and protection are imperative if we want to live in a world that fosters innovation and progress."—Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
"By combining rigorous academic work and charming storytelling, Orly Lobel has written a book that is interesting and valuable for anyone interested in understanding innovation as well as becoming more innovative."—Tal Ben-Shahar, author of Choose the Life You Want and Happier
"Orly Lobel’s powerful message—set human talent free—will change the way entrepreneurs and policymakers think about creative advancements. Talent Wants to Be Free is a how-to guide for economic growth in the twenty-first century."—Jason Mazzone, author of Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law
“What promotes innovation and fairness—intellectual property rights and restrictions on employees moving from one company to another—or free flow of information and people? Especially as technology rewrites rules and expectations, anyone interested in promoting innovation should read Orly Lobel’s powerful analysis that combines lessons from practice, insights from law, and provocative ideas from across the globe.”—Martha Minow, Dean of Harvard Law School and author of Partners, Not Rivals and Not Only for Myself
“A powerful critique of our dated ways of thinking about competition . . . [and] a hopeful vision of how law and business can foster innovation . . . . Lobel has written an important book that challenges the way policymakers and industry leaders should think about human capital.”—Michael Waterstone, Daily Journal
Publication Date: September 30, 2013
14 b/w illus.
