From approximately 1895-1937, the US Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution's Due Process clauses to implicitly protect a "Liberty of Contract"-the right of individuals to make contracts without arbitrary government interference. The Court relied on this principle to invalidate a variety of regulatory measures, including maximum hours and minimum wage laws. The Court abandoned its enforcement of this doctrine in 1937, and today, the Liberty of Contracts widely condemned by legal thinkers as right-wing judicial activism. Supposedly, the Court's protection of contractual freedom imposed a...

This study seeks to discover ways of improving the impact and effectiveness of entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem of Tampa Bay, Florida. First, the study establishes a comprehensive catalog (called the "Superset") of potential support programs that might be offered by ESOs and consumed by entrepreneurs. Through empirical data collection, entrepreneurs and ESO leaders rank the programs in the Superset according to their opinion of perceived value and importance for gaining competency in said program. The rankings allow a mapping of the...