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Crowdfunding Issuers In The United States, Andrew A. Schwartz
Crowdfunding Issuers In The United States, Andrew A. Schwartz
Publications
Startup companies can now legally sell shares of stock, bonds, or other securities to the broad public using equity crowdfunding, a new type of online capital market modeled on Kickstarter and other reward crowdfunding websites. Through equity crowdfunding, entrepreneurs can go directly to the broad public (the “crowd”) for investment, without having to go through the usual (and costly) process of an initial public offering (IPO). Equity crowdfunding thus offers a chance for all entrepreneurs, regardless of their physical location, gender, or anything else, to solicit investors and raise capital.
In 2012, new federal legislation—the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) …
Stalled: Gender Diversity On Corporate Boards, Barbara Black
Stalled: Gender Diversity On Corporate Boards, Barbara Black
Faculty Articles and Other Publications
In this essay, prepared for the University of Dayton College of Law’s Symposium on Perspectives on Gender and Business Ethics: Women in Corporate Governance, held on February 25, 2011, I discuss the lack of progress in achieving gender diversity on corporate boards.
I first review the numbers that demonstrate that progress is stalled, despite the attention and resources devoted to the issue by a number of well-respected organizations, legal scholars and institutional investors. I argue that, because this is an issue of equal opportunity, it is not really necessary to make a business case to justify increased efforts toward board …