Approaches to the semiotics of brand are troubled by the lack of any accepted analytic
definition of the phenomenon, as well as capacious, almost metaphysical, extensions in …

ABSTRACT In 1999, Jon Hanson and Douglas Kysar coined the term" market manipulation"
to describe how companies exploit the cognitive limitations of consumers. For example …

We examine the relation between disclosure tone and shareholder litigation to determine
whether managers' use of optimistic language increases litigation risk. Using both general …

Each time you hail a ride with Uber or book a room through Airbnb, you are participating in
the so-called sharing economy. The sharing economy and its sister terms-" collaborative,"" …

Imagine you are a patient who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. There are two
main approaches to treating it in the United States: active surveillance or the surgical option …

For Craig Jones, it had to be one of those sinking moments when a lawyer arguing a case
before the Supreme Court realizes, with stomach-turning certitude, that all is lost. Not only …

To understand one another as individuals and to fulfill the moral duties that require such
understanding, we must communicate with each other. We must also maintain protected …

The BP oil spill represents a failure of more than just environmental law and the functioning
of government agencies charged with overseeing deepwater drilling;'corporate law …

Drink, as an embodied semiotic and material form, mediates social life. This book examines
the fundamental nature of drink through a series of modular but connected ethnographic …

" Perplexed as to why people who seemingly had it all would risk it all just to acquire more,
Eugene Soltes began an investigation into the mind of the corporate criminal. His journey …