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e-Commerce Law: Issues for Business

Author: John W Bagby

This exciting new text, e-Commerce Law: Issues for Business, provides an understanding of the major legal issues confronting cyberspace and e-commerce. An integration of traditional law with the emerging law of cyberspace provides a unique perspective to help students see how and why business decision-makers may seek legal assistance before their transactions beome irrevocably fixed or their actions become irreversible. This text utilizes court decisions, federal and state statutes, administrative rulings, the legal literature, and ethical issues relating to Internet Law to explain and demonstrate how e-commerce and the law relate to one another.

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This text provides an understanding of the major legal issues confronting cyberspace and e-commerce, integrating traditional law with the emerging law of cyberspace. The text examines court decisions, federal and state statutes, administrative rulings, and the legal literature to explain and demonstrate how e-commerce and the law relate to one another. Each chapter contains several excerpted cases concerning well-known business entities, and comment boxes highlight controversial areas of law. Coverage includes the legal system and private law, intellectual property, e-commerce, and regulation. The author is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Organizations in America: Analysing Their Structures and Human Resource Practices

Author: David Knok

Based on the findings of The National Organizations Study, Organizations in America provides a comprehensive review of the first national survey of organizations in the United States. Using a statistically representative sample, this work is the most authoritative database on the workings of organizations available. The principal investigators of the study use this data set to define what we know about the structures and human resource practices in American organizations and describes: The National Organizations Study and its implications Specific employment practices--hiring, training, promotion, performance measurement, benefit packages, contingent work--and how they compare between different businesses and business sectors Differential treatment of employees according to ethnicity and gender This breakthrough publication is an indispensable reference tool for those in the areas of organizational studies, human resources, sociology of work, industrial psychology, social stratification, labor, and labor economics.

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Reports and analyzes the results of the 1991 National Organizations Study, which collected data on a representative sample of US work establishments. Provides information about structure, context, personnel practices, and other dimensions that shed light on social behavior in workplaces. After explaining the design of the project, presents conclusions on such matters as bureaucratic structure for coordination and control, job training, unions and internal labor markets, and patterns of gender segregation. Paper edition (unseen), $27.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	List of Tables
	List of Figures
	Preface
1	Organizational Properties and Practices	3
2	Design of the National Organizations Study	23
3	American Organizations and Their Environments	45
4	Bureaucratic Structures for Coordination and Control	69
5	Formalizing the Employment Relation	87
6	Human Resource Management and Organizational Performance	113
7	The Staffing Process	133
8	Job Training in U.S. Organizations	157
9	Training, Unions, and Internal Labor Markets	180
10	Organizational Differences in Earnings	200
11	The Structure of Organizational Earnings Inequality	214
12	Cui Bono? Employee Benefit Packages	232
13	Contingent Employment in Organizations	253
14	Organizational Patterns of Gender Segregation	276
15	Gender Differences and Organizational Commitment	302
16	Conclusions and Prospects	324
	Appendix	337
	References	339
	Author Index	359
	Subject Index	365
	About the Authors	379
	About the Contributors	381