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Startups and Company Law: The Competitive Pressure of Delaware on Italy (and Europe?)

Paolo Giudici | Peter Agstner

Our paper on startups shows that European company law is still anchored to last century ideas about growth and economic development. We hope that the Italian experience and our proposals can be of...

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Financial Regulation

Call for Papers: Fintech Startups and Incumbent Players. Policy Challenges and Opportunities

Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law | Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

The potential of financial technology for innovation and growth is well-established by now. Yet startups often face many regulatory challenges in the early years, obstructing market access...

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Is there a role for patents in the financing of new innovative firms?

Bronwyn H. Hall

At first glance the answer to the question posed in the title seems obvious, since such firms have few assets other than their ideas and inventions. Therefore, granting property rights to these...

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Commercial Law
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The Rise of Regulatory Affairs in Innovative Startups

Elizabeth Pollman

What explains the growing number of collisions and collaborations between law and entrepreneurs? How are startups responding? What are some of the implications of these developments? I explore these...

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The Emergence of the Global Fintech Market: Economic and Technological Determinants

Lars Hornuf | Christian Haddad

In recent years, digitization and the Internet have turned traditional segments of the financial sector upside down. When it comes to financing a business project or a fancy wedding, fintech...

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Financial Regulation

The First Crowdfunding Investment Contracts in the US

Jack Wroldsen

The first crowdfunding investment offerings in the US include six types of investments: common stock, preferred stock, interest-bearing loans, revenue-sharing arrangements, convertible debt, and...

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