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Business organisations
A business (also called a company,
enterprise or firm) is a legally recognized
organization designed to provide goods
and/or services to consumers.
Businesses are predominant in capitalist
economies, most being privately owned
and formed to earn profit that will increase
the wealth of its owners and grow the
business itself.
Business organisations
The owners and operators of a business
have as one of their main objectives the
receipt or generation of a financial return
in exchange for work and acceptance of
risk.
Notable exceptions include cooperative
enterprises and state-owned enterprises.
Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit
or be state-owned.
Output, or product,
Payments flow in the
markets are the
opposite direction as
markets in which goods the physical flow of
and services are
resources, goods,
exchanged.
and services
(counterclockwise).
Input markets are the
markets in which
resourceslabor,
capital, and landused
to produce products,
are exchanged.
Input Markets
Input markets include:
The labor market, in which households supply work for
wages to firms that demand labor.
ORGANISATION
organization
[awr-guh-nuh-zey-shuhn]
1.the act or process of organizing.
2.the state or manner of being organized.
3.something that is organized.
4.organic structure; composition: The organiz
ation of this painting isquite remarkable.
5.a group of persons organized for some end
or work; association:a nonprofit organization.
Two Sectors
The economy can be divided into two
sectors:
The Private Sector
The Public Sector
Sole proprietorship
A sole proprietorship also known as a sole
trader, or simply proprietorship is a type
of business entity which is owned and run
by one individual and where there is no
legal distinction between the owner and
the business.
All profits and all losses accrue to the owner
(subject to taxation).
All assets of the business are owned by the
proprietor and all debts of the business are
their debts and they must pay them from
their personal resources.
Partnership
A partnership is a type of business entity in
which partners (owners) share with each
other the profits or losses of the business.
Partnerships are often favoured over
corporations for taxation purposes, as the
partnership structure does not generally
incur a tax on profits before it is distributed
to the partners (i.e. there is no dividend tax
levied).
Corporation
A corporation is a legal entity separate
from the shareholders and employees.
In British tradition it is the term designating a
body corporate, where it can be either a
corporation sole (an office held by an
individual natural person, which is a legal
entity separate from that person) or a
corporation aggregate (involving more
persons).
Cooperative
A cooperative often referred to as a coop or coop) is defined by the
International Co-operative Alliances
Statement on the Co-operative Identity
as an autonomous association of persons
united voluntarily to meet their common
economic, social, and cultural needs and
aspirations through a jointly-owned and
democratically-controlled enterprise
Also
Economic democracy
Franchising
Joint venture
Holding companies
Holding company
holding company is a company or firm that
owns other companies' outstanding stock.
It usually refers to a company which does
not produce goods or services itself, rather
its only purpose is owning shares of other
companies.
Holding companies allow the reduction of
risk for the owners and can allow the
ownership and control of a number of
different companies.
Economic democracy
Economic democracy is a socioeconomic
philosophy that suggests transfer of
decision-making authority from a small
minority of corporate shareholders to the
larger majority of public stakeholders.
While there is no single definition or
approach, all theories and real-world
examples of economic democracy are
based on a core set of fundamental
assumptions.
Franchising
Franchising is the practice of using another
person's business model.
The franchisor grants the independent
operator the right to distribute its products,
techniques, and trademarks for a
percentage of gross monthly sales and a
royalty fee.
Joint venture
A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is an
entity formed between two or more parties
to undertake economic activity together.
The parties agree to create a new entity by
both contributing equity, and they then
share in the revenues, expenses, and
control of the enterprise.
The venture can be for one specific project
only, or a continuing business relationship
such as the Fuji Xerox joint venture.
Franchises
Many businesses today
are franchises
A business idea is licensed
to a franchisee
The owners of the brand receive
a license fee
The franchisee gains the right
to use the business brand
Inflation
According to Parkin and Bade Inflation is
an upward movement in the average level
of prices. Its opposite is deflation, a
downward movement in the average level
of prices. The boundary between inflation
and deflation is price stability.
What is CPI?
CPI measures changes in the price level
of market basket of consumer goods and
services purchased by households