RADFORD – Prentice Hall Publishers’ Pearson Higher Education Division has released The Entrepreneur’s Legal Companion, by Radford University Professor of Accounting, Finance and Business Law Daniel V. Davidson, as part of its nine-book Prentice Hall Entrepreneurship Series.

The textbook, co-authored by Davidson (right) and Dr. Lynn Forsythe of California State University-Fresno, compiles the latest research findings, issues, and trends that guide successful entrepreneurs today.

The Entrepreneur’s Legal Companion features information that will enable readers to learn how to recognize and avoid legal risks as a foundation for venture growth and success. Among the topics covered by Davidson and Forsythe in the book are: avoiding litigation; raising funds for the venture; supervising workers to reduce risks; protecting a venture's name and reputation and advance identification of risks.

Davidson, who is chair of the Department of Accounting, Finance and Business Law in RU’s College of Business and Economics (COBE), has written 11 other books, including Business Law-Principles and Cases in the Legal Environment and Business Law, Principles and Cases in the Legal Environment, Study Guide.

The Entrepreneur’s Legal Companion is available at Pearsonhighered.com and Davidson’s other works can be found at Amazon.com. To learn more about Davidson’s work, visit his website at www.radford.edu/~ddavidson.