The Cambridge handbook of law and entrepreneurship in the United States /

"The conference that prompted the publication of this volume was motivated by a simple idea, that the core function of entrepreneurs is to challenge incumbency. The novelty inherent in entrepreneurial action implies uncertainty, and hence experimentation, learning, and selection. We invited con...

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Group Author: Smith, D. Gordon, 1962-; Broughman, Brian J.; Hurt, Christine.
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: HBK Cambridge law handbooks
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Summary: "The conference that prompted the publication of this volume was motivated by a simple idea, that the core function of entrepreneurs is to challenge incumbency. The novelty inherent in entrepreneurial action implies uncertainty, and hence experimentation, learning, and selection. We invited conference participants to explore issues such as: the incentive effect of legal rules on startup activity; the role of private ordering in facilitating or impeding entrepreneurial action; the influence of legal rules and practices on the creation of entrepreneurial opportunities; the role of law in promoting or foreclosing market entry; or the effect of entrepreneurial action on legal doctrine. This volume is the result of that invitation"--
Carrier Form: viii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781107171954
1107171954
Index Number: KF1355
CLC: D971.239.91-532
Call Number: D971.239.91-532/C178
Contents: Introduction / D. Gordon Smith, Brian J. Broughman, and Christine Hurt -- Entrepreneurial action / D. Gordon Smith and Travis Hunt -- The rise of regulatory affairs in innovative startups / Elizabeth Pollman -- Gauguin, Darwin, and design thinking : a solution to the impasse between innovation and regulation / Alice Armitage -- Between the devil and the SEC / Usha R. Rodrigues -- The politics of entrepreneurial capital-raising / Donald C. Langevoort -- Venture exchange regulation : listing standards, market microstructure, and investor protection / Jeff Schwartz -- Relational contracting and business norms in entrepreneurial finance / Brian J. Broughman -- Biotech strategic alliances in law and entrepreneurship / D. Daniel Sokol -- The entrepreneurial business judgment rule / Andrew S. Gold -- Entrepreneurial action in family-controlled companies / Benjamin Means -- Entrepreneurship incentives for resource-constrained firms / Susan C. Morse -- Searching for the optimal legal limits on charity entrepreneurship / Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer -- Corrupting entrepreneurial action / Joseph W. Yockey -- The spinoff advantage : human capital law and entrepreneurship / Orly Lobel -- Organ entrepreneurs / Kieran Healy and Kimberly D. Krawiec.