Business Organizations by D Gordon Smith
Reflecting ongoing changes in the structure and regulation of modern business practice, Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies, now in its Third Edition, offers a unique combination of doctrine, problems, and case studies. Recent, high-interest cases are balanced against classic teaching chestnuts. Brief, innovative problems are used in combination with longer case studies. The hands-on problem sets use actual cases and on-line case files to unveil situations faced by identified companies' bringing the real world, and a wealth of source materials, right into your classroom.At a critical juncture in the history of business law in the U.S., the Third Edition offers timely yet streamlined coverage. Recent legislation and Supreme Court decisions, new and updated problems, and a substantially revised companion website support a clear and sustained examination of the role and purview of the law in business transactions.
Offering clear descriptions of developing business law, this vivid and timely casebook features:
- a discriminating selection of fresh cases and classic chestnuts
- in-depth coverage of how the law applies to modern business structures, (such as joint ventures, venture capital arrangements, franchises, and new limited liability business forms) as well as growth industries (such as computers, biotechnology, and telecommunications)
- short problems after selected topics give students practice applying the legal principles covered in that section
- case studies styled on the B-school model that provide opportunities for in-depth analysis of the law in business transactions
- hybrid entities treated in detail, including a separate chapter on limited liability
Recording a critical moment in the history of business law, the Third Edition examines
- recent legislative developments and Supreme Court cases
- new coverage of Section E, Limited Partnerships, with a focus on private equity LP
- new and updated problems that consistently reinforce topical coverage
- additional features on the companion website
Cynthia Williams is a professional writer whose work includes creative nonfiction, fiction, narrative history, television copywriting, corporate newsletter and advertising copy. She has self-published part one of The BANYAN Trilogy, a psychological mystery whose setting is a fictionalized version of the historical Murphy-Burroughs Home in Fort Myers. Cynthia is the recipient of a Florida Writer's Association Royal Palm Literary Award for her children's story As Wrong As Wrong Can Be and of the Charlotte Writer's Club award for best creative nonfiction for her story Just for Tonight. Cynthia grew up in Fort Myers but has lived most of her adult life in Arizona and North Carolina. She now lives in Bokeelia on Pine Island, where she indulges her love of history by writing narrative histories of Fort Myers for the Sunday Tropicalia section of the Fort Myers News-Press. Much of her published work is available on her website at www.cyn1020.com.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781454868361 |
| ISBN 10 | 1454868368 |
| Title | Business Organizations |
| Author | D Smith |
| Series | Aspen Casebook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Wolters Kluwer |
| Year published | 2018-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |