Commercial Contracts
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Business Operations
Commercial Contracts Articles
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Contract management should not be considered corporate counsel's prerogative -- rather, it requires the strong involvement of all the people who are ultimately responsible for managing the commercial activities of a company, specifically the procurement and sales departments. -
This Small Business Administration publication provides information about the pitfalls of using unauthorized copies of software. -
All project planning involves the setting of defined goals, their scheduling and control. The difficulty with litigation, unlike any other commercial project, is the existence of an opponent who is seeking to defeat your plans at every step. As originally stated by Helmuth von Moltke: "no plan of operations extends with certainty beyond thefirst encounter with the enemy's main strength." -
This publication provides information about public Law 95-5-7 which made major revisions to the Small Business Act. -
This publication provides information about how the Government purchases supplies from outside contractors. -
This publication provides information about how small businesses may obtain trade financing. -
This publication provides information about how to become a licensee of a franchise. -
This publication provides information on the purchase and use of computers in a small business. -
The success rate for franchise-owned businesses is very high. According to studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce from 1971 to 1987, less than 5 percent of franchised businesses failed or were discontinued in each of those years. However, success is not guaranteed. One of the biggest mistakes that you can make is to be in a hurry to get into business. -
Software vendors often rely on clauses in their software license agreements that restrict a purchaser's rights to conduct benchmark tests or publish product reviews.