Handbook on law, innovation and growth
1. Is the law dynamically efficient? / Robert E. Litan -- 2. The role of the entrepreneur in economic growth / Daniel F. Spulber -- 3. Integrity and innovation in the public capital markets : a survey of the securities law literature / James C. Spindler -- 4. Securities litigation and innovation / R...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton, Mass
Edward Elgar Pub
2011
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Is the law dynamically efficient? / Robert E. Litan -- 2. The role of the entrepreneur in economic growth / Daniel F. Spulber -- 3. Integrity and innovation in the public capital markets : a survey of the securities law literature / James C. Spindler -- 4. Securities litigation and innovation / Richard A. Booth -- 5. Incentives for innovation : bankruptcy, corporate governance, and compensation systems / Florian Ederer and Gustavo Manso -- 6. Intellectual property rights and economic progress : a review of the literature / Jonathan D. Putnam and Andrew B. Tepperman -- 7. Torts and innovation / Gideon Parchomovsky and Alex Stein -- 8. Do patents matter? : empirical evidence on the incentive thesis / Jonathan M. Barnett -- 9. Why do entrepreneurs patent? / Ted M. Sichelman and Stuart J.H. Graham -- 10. National technology transfer mechanisms / Dov Greenbaum -- 11. Controlling the means of innovation : the centrality of private ordering arrangements for innovators and entrepreneurs / Sean O'Connor -- 12. The value of lawyers as members of entrepreneurial teams / Anthony J. Luppino A central goal of any economy is to achieve rapid and sustained growth. This cannot happen without continued innovation. This landmark Handbook brings together many of the world's legal scholars to examine features of the legal infrastructure that affect both innovation and growth. Individual chapters explore different legal subject areas, in most cases offering recommendations for rule changes that could accelerate growth, primarily in the context of the US economy. The introductory chapter provides a framework for these discussions and explains why it is time for legal scholarship and research to move in that direction |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 332 p |
| ISBN: | 9781848441873 9780857930545 |