How to protect public investors from expropriation by controlling shareholders in firms with concentrated ownership structures continues to be a challenge for many markets including the U.S. In this paper, we examine the effect of having a token minority activist shareholder on improving...

We examine whether the introduction of a patent commons, a special type of royalty free patent pool available to the open source software (OSS) community influences new OSS product entry by start-up software firms. In particular, we analyze the impact of The Commons--established by the Open...

We examine whether the introduction of a patent commons, a special type of royalty free patent pool available to the open source software (OSS) community influences new OSS product entry by start-up software firms. In particular, we analyze the impact of The Commons--established by the Open...