The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 1IS
Summary Introduction
Case summary:A company AP conducts business online with another company BD.
To find: The determinant factors for the effects of electronic documents that evidenced that the parties are in the deal.
Summary Introduction
Case summary:A company AP conducts business online with another company BD.
To find: The necessity of the signature of the parties in the online businesses.
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