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Invitational Symposium: Antitrust and Entrepreneurship

June 17, 2015

National Press Club

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The American Antitrust Institute’s 2015 Invitational Symposium, Entrepreneurship And Antitrust: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, was held on June 17, 2015.  The symposium highlighted the growing complexity found at the intersection of entrepreneurial activity and competition policy. Experts from law, economics, and business convened to offer insights on the nature and importance of entrepreneurship to the economy, the challenges that entrepreneurial activity poses for antitrust thought and enforcement, and policy solutions to address those challenges. The event was a milestone in a larger AAI project on the interaction of entrepreneurship and antitrust made possible by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The AAI’s focus on entrepreneurship and antitrust is motivated by the importance of entrepreneurial activity to economic growth. Recent research documents the slowing pace of entry into the economy by new firms. There are indications that this slowdown in entrepreneurship and the increasing rate of failure that many early-stage firms experience may be linked to growing consolidation. Theoretical and practical limitations inherent to existing antitrust analysis may systemically undervalue entrepreneurial activity. Questions concerning the relationship of antitrust and entrepreneurship are therefore ripe for analysis.

The AAI Symposium addressed the question of how competition policy and entrepreneurial activity should relate to one another. Speakers will examine the requisite theoretical perspective and enforcement environment for fostering the recognition and development of business opportunities that define the entrepreneurial process; and the risk-taking, initiative, and entrepreneurial drive that make up the mindset of successful entrepreneurs. Speakers will also examine aspects of entrepreneurial activity that challenge competition and economic growth. Both are critical as forces key to an economy that revolves around job creation, investment, higher living standards, consumer benefits, and the long-term vibrancy of the economy.

The morning panels drew upon experts from the field of entrepreneurship to understand the phenomenon of entrepreneurialism, the stages of entrepreneurial activity, and the characteristics of different classes of entrepreneurs. The morning will also include experts from economics, marketing, strategic management, and other disciplines to better understand the incentives, strategies, and outcomes that relate to entrepreneurial activity and affect entrepreneurs in the modern economy. The second half of the day drew upon experts in competition policy and antitrust to focus on how standard antitrust analysis—ranging from how markets are defined, to the evaluation of entry, to the fashioning of merger remedies—considers the process and outcomes of entrepreneurship. Importantly, this discussion will also examine the question of how increasing consolidation, strategic behavior, and other competitive developments affect, and are affected by, entrepreneurial activity.

9:00 am

Welcome and Introduction

Diana Moss, President, American Antitrust Institute

9:10 am

Overview of the Symposium

Gregory T. Gundlach, Distinguished Professor, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida

9:30 am

Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial activity: Insights and Experiences from the field of Entrepreneurship

Moderator:
Gregory T. Gundlach, Distinguished Professor, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida

Panelists:
Mike Callicrate, Owner, Ranch Foods Direct

Stacy Mitchell, Program Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, American Independent Business Alliance

Craig Purser, President, National Beer Wholesalers Association

10:40 am

Entrepreneurship in Antitrust Law and Economics

Moderator:
Diana Moss, President, American Antitrust Institute

Panelists:
Daniel Isenberg, Professor of Entrepreneurship Practice, Babson College Executive Education

Donald F. Kuratko, Jack M. Gill Distinguished Chair & Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business, University of Indiana at Bloomington

Avishalom Tor, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School

12:15 pm

Luncheon and Keynote Speaker

Keynote Address:
Ann Marie Mehlum, Associate Administrator of Capital Access, U.S. Small Business Administration

1:45 pm

The Future of Entrepreneurship in Antitrust Law and Policy

Moderator:
Albert Foer, Senior Fellow, American Antitrust Institute

Panelists:
Robert Litan, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution

Philip Weiser, Dean of the Law School and Thomson Professor of Law, University of Colorado

Kevin Yingling, Senior Competition Counsel, Google

3:00 pm

Moderated Roundtable Discussion

4:00 pm

Closing Remarks

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