# kaal:claim:2808132-011

**Claim.** Incumbent firms facing a perceived threat from disruptive innovation may respond by using the existing regulatory process itself to create obstacles that prevent disruptive firms from competing.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- incumbents already burdened by existing rules
- disruptive entrants operating outside or partly outside those rules

**Source quote.**

> disadvantages, incumbent firms that are exposed to a perceived threat of disruptive innovation from disruptive firms may attempt to use the existing regulatory process to create obstacles for disruptive firms to compete.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data* (2016), III. Disruptive Innovation as a Regulatory Challenge, page 17

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2808132

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**Failure mode.** Incumbent weaponization of rulemaking  (family: regulatory-capture-and-incumbent-advantage)

**Topics.** regulatory-failure, innovation

**Keywords.** regulatory-capture, incumbent-protection, disruptive-innovation, rent-seeking

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2740477-010
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2740477-009

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