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    Law and management is an emerging approach that refers to research that seeks to explain how companies can use law to their benefit and turn it into a competitive advantage. Unlike economic analyses of law, which aim to evaluate the performance of norms, law and management consider the differences in performance of companies operating within the same legal environment. All companies can optimize ... Read more

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    Given the highly globalized and converged sets of communication technologies in the contemporary media landscape, information consumers—all of us—can begin to understand the complexity of interpreting daily news. Providing an overview of American media, press, and journalism, and the events, institutions, and people related to its development, this book helps readers develop perspective on ... Read more

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