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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

Associations Now

61 % The increase in court decisions regarding noncompete agreements between 2002 and 2012, according to a study conducted for the Wall Street Journal by the law firm Beck Reed Riden LLP. The tech industry says a ban is needed to boost innovation, but business groups have a different take. Where Industry Groups Stand.

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Moneyball and Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

At the end of the 2002 season the Boston Red Sox offered Billy Beane a job. They carry on day after day, season after season, doing the same thing over and over again, half-expecting a different result, but then again, maybe not. According to the film, it was the highest salary ever offered a General Manager in any sport.