Perspectives on Financing Innovation

James E. Daily is a Post-doctoral Research Associate and Administrative Director at the Stanford University Hoover Institution Project on Commercializing Innovation, USA. Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr. is Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School and the Executive Director for George Washington University’s C-LEAF. F. Scott Kieff is Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, the Director of Planning and Publications for George Washington University’s C-LEAF and Ray and Louis Knowles Senior Fellow at the Stanford University Hoover Institution, where he is a co-director of the Project on Commercializing Innovation. F. Scott Kieff is on leave from his post as Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, having been nominated by President Barack H. Obama, and confirmed by the Senate, to serve as a Commissioner at the U.S. International Trade Commission.　　Before taking up his government post on October 18, 2013, he was also Ray and Louise Knowles Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Stanford, CA. He worked on this book while in his academic positions before being sworn in and taking his government post.

Introduction, James E. Daily, F. Scott Kieff and Arthur E. WilmarthPart 1: Intellectual Property and Innovation 1. Orphan Business Models: Toward a New Form of Intellectual Property, Michael Abramowicz 2. Law as a Byproduct, Larry Ribstein and Bruce Kobayashi 3. The Impact of the New World Order on Economic Development: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights System, Joseph StrausPart 2: Venture Capital 4. First Round of Financing by Venture Capital, Yochanan Shachmurove 5. The Political and Legal Determinants of Venture Capital Investments Around the World, Stefano Bonini and Senem Alken 6. The Impact of Venture Capital on Innovation Behavior and Firm Growth, Michael Peneder 7.Savings and Innovation in the US Capital Market, Tamir Agmon, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay and Stefan Sjogren 8. Capital Cains and Entrepreneurial Entry, Victor Fleischer Part 3: Financial Engineering in Capital Markets 9. Tweaking Governance for Small Companies after Dodd-Frank, James Cox Afterword, Peter Conti-Brown