This book is the first attempt to establish a collaborative and interdisciplinary field of economics and legal studies. It is designed to help readers – advanced undergraduate and graduate students, but also fellow scholars who are interested in interdisciplinarity - to think through the dual...

Introduction -- Chapter 1: What Is the “Right to Own Things”: Intellectual Property Law -- Chapter 2: What Are Appropriate Rules for Adjusting Interests in a Company: Corporate Law -- Chapter 3: What Are the Rules for Fair Competition: Antitrust Law -- Chapter 4: What Are the Desirable Rules...

We analyze the dynamics of the Japanese board network from 2004 until 2013. We find that the network exhibits some clustering with visible firm conglomerates. Ties between firms are rather persistent, despite noticeable churning among directors. Ownership relations explain only a small fraction...

We analyze the ties between 4,000 Japanese corporations in the time period from 2004 until 2013. We combine data about the board composition with ownership relationships and indicators of corporate profitability. We find that both the network of corporate board interlocks as well as the...

This book thoroughly prepares intermediate-level readers for research in social science, organization studies, economics, finance, marketing science, and business science as complex adaptive systems. It presents the advantages of social simulation studies and business intelligence to those who...