Innovative Business Law

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This is an introduction to business law covering the fundamentals, including contracts, liability, regulation, employment and corporations broadly, with an in -depth treatment of the legal issues relating to breakthrough technologies, including the legal framework of R&D, the commercialization of new high - technology products in start-ups and mature companies, and the liability and regulatory implications of new products and innovative business models. An exploration of the national and international intellectual property protection and strategies with examples drawn from many industries, among them: information technology, healthcare, insurance, communications, and multinational corporations. MBA 621 Business Analytics (Data Mining) Data keeps gaining relevance in managerial decisions at an incredible rate due to a host of technological advances. Business analytics and data mining have evolved from statistics and artificial intelligence. Electronic data capture has become inexpensive and abundant as a by -product of innovations like the internet, e-commerce, electronic banking, POS devices, and intelligent machines among other. This data is often stored in data warehouses intended for management decision support. Data mining is a growing field that explores developing techniques to assist decision makers make smart use of data. The course will cover methods that have emerged from statistics and artificial intelligence proven to be of great value in pattern recognition for making predictions and business decisions. Some exploration of data -mining software will be used to allow hands-on experience for students.