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   "text": "Regulators face a two ended timing trap: at the early stage of an innovation they lack information about its possible impact, and at the later stage the innovation is entrenched, so regulatory change becomes far more costly for innovating corporations.",
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   "text": "In the later stages of more matured innovation it is often not possible to alter the regulatory status quo, which closes the window that early intervention proposals depend on.",
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   "text": "Standstill agreements entrench management and can lead a company into stagnation, so they may operate prejudicially on shareholders' property rights.",
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   "text": "Traditional board defenses such as staggered boards and poison pills protect incumbent boards at the cost of value creation and reduce board accountability to shareholders, even when they succeed in defeating an activist campaign.",
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   "text": "Firms carrying fewer defensive mechanisms display higher market valuations and better operating performance, which supports dismantling entrenchment devices rather than adding to them.",
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   "text": "Negotiated settlements that hand activists board seats risk entrenching incumbents, whereas LER's consumptive utilities are designed to produce consensus and alignment without ceding board representation.",
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   "text": "Issuing LER selectively to management-aligned shareholders while excluding others breaches the duty of loyalty by creating an uneven playing field, so rewards must be allocated uniformly on objective criteria such as ownership tenure.",
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