Upon completion of the course, students will be able to characterize the various forms of business and types of business corporations and describe their differences. They will be familiar with public registers, unfair competition, competition law, insolvency proceedings and related areas.

General overview in the scope of knowledge of secondary school studies.

Teaching takes the form of lectures and exercises in each week of classes.

Credit is awarded, the course is concluded with a written examination consisting of closed questions. The same rules apply for students with ISP. A minimum of 50% is required to pass the exam. Classification is carried out in accordance with the directive of the Faculty of Business at the BUT.

1. Different forms of business - introduction, basic problems
2. Trade business - trade, types, conditions, obstacles, establishment, administrative offences
3. Doing business under other legislation - the concept of "liberal profession", advocacy, tax consultancy
4. Introduction to business corporations - division, incorporation, formation, dissolution, dissolution, contribution, share capital
5. Limited liability company and joint stock company - characteristics, differences
6. Public partnership and limited partnership - characteristics, differences
7. Co-operative and European public limited company - characteristics, differences
8. Commercial register - purpose, types, form, commercial register, collection of documents
9. Unfair competition - issues, general clauses, facts
10. Competition - comparison with unfair competition, prohibited agreements, dominance, mergers of competitors
11. Insolvency proceedings, liquidation - differences, commencement, course, termination, bankruptcy
12. Consumer protection - general principles, arbitration clauses, internet shopping, consumer defence options

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic legal issues related to business. The first part of the course focuses on the forms and ways in which business can be conducted, in particular, sole proprietorship, business under other legal regulations and individual types of business corporations. This will be followed by an explanation of the commercial register and public registers in general, unfair competition, competition, insolvency proceedings, liquidation and consumer protection. On the basis of this knowledge, students will be able to make an informed assessment and select the most appropriate legal form of business.

There is no checking during the teaching. Teaching is carried out in the form of lectures and exercises, in which the participation of students is not compulsory.

• Programme BAK-E Bachelor's

  branch BAK-ESBD , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  

• Programme BAK-ESBD Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory