Ronald J. Gilson

Research.com Recognitions

• 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
• 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Venture capital and the structure of capital markets: banks versus stock markets

  Bernard S Black;Ronald J Gilson;Ronald J Gilson

  2543
  Citations

• The Mechanisms of Market Efficiency

  Ronald J. Gilson;Reinier H. Kraakman

  1914
  Citations

• The Legal Infrastructure of High Technology Industrial Districts: Silicon Valley, Route 128, and Covenants Not to Compete

  Ronald J. Gilson

  1192
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• Value Creation by Business Lawyers: Legal Skills and Asset Pricing

  Ronald J. Gilson

  1021
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• Globalizing Corporate Governance: Convergence of Form or Function

  Ronald J. Gilson

  950
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• Reinventing the Outside Director: An Agenda for Institutional Investors

  Ronald J. Gilson;Reinier Kraakman

  902
  Citations

• A Structural Approach to Corporations: The Case against Defensive Tactics in Tender Offers

  Ronald J. Gilson

  885
  Citations

• Controlling Controlling Shareholders

  Ronald J. Gilson;Jeffrey N. Gordon

  758
  Citations

• Engineering a Venture Capital Market: Lessons from the American Experience

  Ronald J. Gilson

  675
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• Controlling Shareholders and Corporate Governance: Complicating the Comparative Taxonomy

  Ronald J. Gilson

  673
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• Understanding the Japanese Keiretsu: Overlaps between Corporate Governance and Industrial Organization

  Ronald J. Gilson;Mark J. Roe

  673
  Citations

• Sharing Among the Human Capitalists: An Economic Inquiry into the Corporate Law Firm and How Partners Split Profits

  Ronald J. Gilson;Robert H. Mnookin

  669
  Citations

• Disputing through Agents: Cooperation and Conflict between Lawyers in Litigation

  Ronald J. Gilson;Robert H. Mnookin

  555
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• Contracting for Innovation: Vertical Disintegration and Interfirm Collaboration

  Ronald J. Gilson;Charles F. Sabel;Robert E. Scott

  530
  Citations

• Understanding Venture Capital Structure: A Tax Explanation for Convertible Preferred Stock

  Ronald J. Gilson;David M. Schizer

  446
  Citations

• Venture Capital and the Structure of Capital Markets: Banks Versus Stock Markets

  Ronald J. Gilson;Ronald J. Gilson;Bernard S. Black

  425
  Citations

• Delaware's Intermediate Standard for Defensive Tactics: Is There Substance to Proportionality Review?

  Ronald J. Gilson;Reinier Kraakman

  367
  Citations

• Seeking Competitive Bids Versus Pure Passivity in Tender Offer Defense

  Ronald J. Gilson

  354
  Citations

• Coming of Age in a Corporate Law Firm: The Economics of Associate Career Patterns

  Ronald J. Gilson;Robert H. Mnookin

  354
  Citations

• Sovereign Wealth Funds and Corporate Governance: A Minimalist Response to the New Mercantilism

  Ronald J. Gilson;Curtis J. Milhaupt

  319
  Citations

• The law and finance of corporate acquisitions

  Ronald J. Gilson;Bernard S. Black

  172
  Citations

• Regulatory Dualism as a Development Strategy: Corporate Reform in Brazil, the United States, and the European Union

  Ronald J. Gilson;Henry Hansmaan;Mariana Pargendler

  160
  Citations

• Evaluating Dual Class Common Stock: The Relevance of Substitutes

  Ronald J. Gilson

  36
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• Constraints on Private Benefits of Control: Ex Ante Control Mechanisms versus Ex Post Transaction Review

  Ronald J. Gilson;Alan Schwartz

  34
  Citations

• Unocal Fifteen Years Later (and What We Can Do About It)

  Ronald J. Gilson;Ronald J. Gilson

  32
  Citations

• The Devolution of the Legal Profession: A Demand Side Perspective

  Ronald J. Gilson

  28
  Citations

• Does Venture Capital Require an Active Stock Market

  Ronald J. Gilson;Ronald J. Gilson;Bernard S. Black

  24
  Citations

• The Case Against Shark Repellent Amendments: Structural Limitations on the Enabling Concept

  Ronald J. Gilson

  21
  Citations

• Sales and Elections as Methods for Transferring Corporate Control

  Ronald J. Gilson;Alan Schwartz

  21
  Citations

• Sovereign Wealth Funds and Corporate Governance: A Minimalist Response to the New Merchantilism

  Ronald J. Gilson;Ronald J. Gilson;Curtis J. Milhaupt

  20
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