# Regulatory inertia

`kaal:entity:regulatory-inertia`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `regulatory-inertia`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2016 to 2016.

**2016**

- [2740477-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2740477-019) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Regulatory timing under disruptive innovation is a two sided risk: regulate too early and innovation is inhibited, withhold regulation too long and consumers and markets are harmed once regulatory inertia has formed around the disruptive product or service.
  > If policy makers regulate too early, they risk inhibiting innovation; if they withhold regulation too long, they may harm consumers and markets if regulatory inertia has set in around the disruptive product or service.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Venture Capital as Dynamic Regulation of Disruptive Innovation (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2740477
- [2808132-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2808132-021) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Regulatory timing under disruptive innovation is a two-sided failure: regulating too early risks inhibiting innovation, while withholding regulation too long risks harm to consumers and markets once regulatory inertia sets in around the disruptive product or service.
  > The timing of regulation in an environment of disruptive innovation should be a primary concern for policy makers. If policy makers regulate too early, they risk inhibiting innovation; if they withhold regulation too long, they may harm consumers and
  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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