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Colin Fenwick, William Van Caenegem, Christopher Arup and Chris Dent - 2009 ARC Discovery Project
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Project Title
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'Nothing Can Be Created Out of Nothing': Workers, Their Know-How and the Employment Relationships that Support Them
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Duration
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2009-2011
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Funding
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$220,000
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Chief Investigators
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Mr Colin Fenwick, Dr William Van Caenegem, Professor Christopher Arup and Dr Chris Dent
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Project Summary
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The importance of innovation, either in the form of intellectual property or know-how, to the Australian economy cannot be over-stated. Unlike statutory intellectual property schemes, worker-created know-how is both 'incentivised' and controlled through the contractual provisions of the worker-employer relationship. This project, through its empirical focus, will explore if (and how) the law, as it relates to know-how, promotes innovation in the workplace. Through the development of guidelines for best practice and reform proposals to fill gaps in the law, this research will increase the potential for innovation in all worker-employer relationships which will, in turn, maximise this country's creative and technological capability.
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