This paper reviews the obstacles for an appropriate financial architecture of new economy firms in developing countries by reviewing the theoretical and some preliminary empirical underpinnings of the importance of legal and institutional barriers. Apart from the more conventional institutional...

This short essay, written for a book about globalization and information policy, argues that globalized information networks create new forms of power that transcend people's deliberate design. Digital information technologies enmesh individuals, groups, and nations in proliferating networks of...

Traditional patent law theories teach that a patent's rights of exclusion are a patent's key benefit to the patentee and are necessary to make the patent system work. Yet patentees are increasingly giving away such rights, in whole or in part, as part of a growing phenomenon: patent pledges. In...

The requirement of object certainty in express trusts underwent significant reform in the heady days of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This article argues that those changes have had important implications not only for the theoretical conception of the trust, but also for the modern practice of...

Innovative technologies that connect service providers to consumers are changing the way people live, work, and travel. From Uber and Lyft in transportation to Airbnb in lodging — and smaller platforms for everything from home cosmetology services to babysitters — people are using finding...

This article is a chapter in a book that critically examines prevalent policy one-liners for ICT regulation. In this case, the statement 'ICT regulation should be technology-neutral' is analysed. It starts with an overview of e-policies that mention this as a starting point. Next, the various...