Product Description: Corporation law -- United States. Trade regulation -- United States. Disclosure of information -- Law and legislation -- United States.

This monumental work on the corporation is one of those enduring classics that many cite but few have read. Graced with a new introduction by Weidenbaum and Jensen, this new edition makes this classic available to a new generation. Written in the early 1930s, The Modern Corporation and Private Property remains the fundamental introduction to the internal organization of the corporation in modern society. Combining the analytical skills of an attorney with those of an economist, Berle and Means raise the central questions, even when their answers have been superseded by changing circumstances. The book's most enduring theme is the separation of ownership from control of the modern corporation and its consequences. Berle and Means display keen awareness of the divergent interests of directors and managers, and of each from owners of the firm. Among their predictions are the characteristic increase in size of the modem corporation and concentration of the economy. The authors view stock exchanges and stock markets as essential by-products of the rise of the modem corporation, and explore how these function. They address the difficult questions of whether corporations operate for the benefit of owners or managers, and explore what motivates managers to make effective use of corporate assets. Finally, they examine the role of the corporation as the prevailing form of organizing the production and distribution of goods and services. In their new introduction, Weidenbaum and Jensen, co-directors of the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University, critically assess the impact of developments not fully anticipated by Berle and Means, such as the rise of the service sector, and the significant role played by institutional investors in the owner/manager equation. They note the authors' prescient observations, including the complex role of and motivating influences on professional managers, and the significance of inside information on stock markets. As they note, The Modern Corporation and Private Property remains of central value to all those concerned with the evolution of this major social institution of the twentieth century. Scholar and practitioner alike will find it of enduring significance.

Product Description: Book by Baldwin, Fred D.

Discusses the laws governing incorporation and supplies guidance for individuals on forming a personal corporation in order to save money on taxes

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Product Description: The advantages and disadvantages of incorporating a business are discussed in nontechnical language. The author presents a user-friendly guide to understanding the incorporation process, and introduces readers to the steps involved...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

<p> <b>Cases and Materials on Corporations</b> has long been the choice of instructors who want a rich and challenging casebook with in-depth coverage of both public and closely held corporations. Now in its seventh edition, this traditionally organized casebook continues to prove itself to be an invaluable teaching tool. </p> <p> <b>Time and classroom tested and authored by leading thinkers in corporate law, Cases and Materials on Corporations offers:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>Traditional casebook pedagogy</b>—text notes, statutory material, excerpted commentary, problems, questions, and edited cases—all meticulously chosen and edited by this outstanding author team. </li> <li> <b>Richness and depth</b>—a range of thoroughly developed topics allows instructors to delve into topics with as much depth as they wish. </li> <li> <b>A strong introductory chapter that develops the underpinnings for the course</b> —the authors expertly delineate the significant characteristics of a corporation: limited liability, perpetual existence, free transferability, and centralized management. </li> <li> <b>A framework that examines corporate responsibility</b>—the authors scrutinize corporate law in the context of the corporation’s responsibilities to its own constituents and investors, as well as to society. </li> </ul> <p> <b>New to the Seventh Edition:</b> </p> <ul> <li> A number of <b>new main cases</b> that have been recently decided, including <ul> <li> <i>In re Walt Disney Co. Derivative Litigation </i> </li> <li> <i>Stone v. Ritter.</i> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> Effectively used to teach generations of law students, <b>Cases and Materials on Corporations, Seventh Edition</b>, remains the choice for instructors who want a sophisticated, in-depth presentation of corporate law. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Product Description: This book contains a summary of the laws that govern business associations and are designed to help accountants spot potential problems their clients may encounter. The author, an attorney and environmental consultant, divided the material into three parts: corporations, partnerships, and agencies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)