15 615 - Basic Business Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager

Institution:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Subject:

Description:

One of three alternative courses (15.615, 15.616, and 15.617) each designed to provide managers with the solid foundation in business law needed to exercise judgment and leadership when confronting a broad range of complex law-sensitive issues. Topics vary from year to year but typically include organizing a new company, venture capital, contracts, liability, employment, intellectual property, business disputes, managerial and corporate crime, taking a company public, selling a business, and bankruptcy and reorganization. Focuses on US law but includes comparisons to other systems.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Prereq: None

Corequisites:

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Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

web.mit.edu/student/

Phone Number:

(617) 253-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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