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Tables of Contents for Business Organization & Finance, 1996
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
Introduction
1
4
The Sole Proprietor
Ownership Attributes
5
1
Owners and Creditors
6
6
Owners and Ordinary Employees
12
1
Owners and Ordinary Employees: Control
13
5
Organization Within Firms and Across Markets
18
2
Owners and Managerial Employees: Control, Risk, and Duration of Relationship
20
5
Owners and Managerial Employees: Duty of Care
25
6
Owners and Managerial Employees: Loyalty
31
7
Irreducible Divergencies of Interest
38
3
Avoidance of Conflict
41
1
Recapitulation
42
1
Speculation on Relationships Among Risk, Return, Control, Duration, and Specificity
43
3
Transfer of Ownership---Purchase Subject to Debt and Option to Purchase
46
4
Partnerships
Introduction
50
2
Reasons for Joint Ownership
52
8
Nature and Significance of ``Partnership''
60
2
Formation
62
5
The Entity and Aggregate Concepts
67
2
Fiduciary Obligation
69
8
Contributions, Accounts, and Returns
77
11
Control, Agency, and Liability
88
5
Duration and Transferability
93
5
Variations
98
6
Corporations
Introduction
104
14
The Basic Structure
118
15
Formation
133
15
Obligations of Officers and Directors
148
22
Corporate Accountability: The Issue of Separation of Ownership and Control
170
36
Corporate Law and Corporate Financial Structure
206
14
Federal Income Tax Considerations
220
5
Basic Corporate Investment Devices: Economic Attributes and Formal Characteristics
Introduction
225
1
Some Definitions
226
9
Types of Securities: Formal and Functional Characteristics
235
62
Financial Alternatives Inside and Outside the Firm
297
5
Valuation, Financial Strategies, and Capital Markets
Valuation
302
21
Leverage and Choice of Capital Structure
323
9
Capital Structure
332
33
Dividend Policy
365
15
The Securities Markets
380
33
Table of Cases
413
2
Index
415