Non-compete clauses, employee effort and spin-off entrepreneurship: A laboratory experiment

被引：9

作者：

Buenstorf, Guido ^{[1
,2
]}

Engel, Christoph ^{[3
]}

Fischer, Sven ^{[4
]}

Gueth, Werner ^{[3
,5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Kassel, Dept Econ, Nora Platiel Str 5, D-34109 Kassel, Germany

[2] Univ Kassel, INCHER Kassel, Nora Platiel Str 5, D-34109 Kassel, Germany

[3] Max Planck Inst Res Collect Goods, Kurt Schumacher Str 10, D-53113 Bonn, Germany

[4] Newcastle Univ, Sch Business, 5 Barrack Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4SE, Tyne & Wear, England

[5] Frankfurt Sch Finance & Management, Frankfurt, Germany

[6] LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy

来源：

RESEARCH POLICY | 2016年 / 45卷 / 10期

关键词：

Non-compete clause; Effort; Spin-off entrepreneurship; Reciprocity Fairness; SILICON VALLEY; GIFT EXCHANGE; TECHNOLOGY; DISAGREEMENTS; AGREEMENTS; COVENANTS; MOBILITY; INDUSTRY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.respol.2016.08.005

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

We experimentally test the effect of enforceable non-compete clauses on working effort and spin-off entrepreneurship. An employee invests effort in the probability of a profitable innovation. After a successful innovation the employee may want to start her own spin-off firm and compete with her prior employer. In the baseline setup without non-compete clause, spin-offs result from failed negotiation about employee compensation even though they reduce the joint payoffs of both parties. In two treatments with non-compete clause the employer can prevent successful innovators from leaving the firm. We find no significantly negative effect of non-compete clauses on employee effort, even if compensation is low. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：2113 / 2124

页数：12

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