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Chapter 5
How To Form A Business
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Business
Undergraduate 1
10/02/2011

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Sole Proprietorship
Definition
a business that is owned and usually managed, by one person
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Partnership
Definition
a legal form of business with two or more owners
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Corporation
Definition
a legal entity with authority to act and have liability apart from its owners
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Unlimited Liability
Definition
the responsibility of business owners for all of the debts of the business
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General Partnership
Definition
a partnership in which all owners share in operating the business and in assuming liability for the business's debts
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Limited Partnership
Definition
a partnership with one or more general partners and one or more limited partners
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General Partner
Definition
an owner (partner) who has unlimited liability and is active in managing the firm
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Limited Partner
Definition
an owner who invests money in the business but does not have any management responsibility or liability for losses beyond the investment
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Limited Liability
Definition
The responsibility of a business's owners for losses only up to the amount they invest; limited partners and shareholders have limited liability
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Master Limited Partnership (MLP)
Definition
a partnership that looks much like a corporation (in that it acts like a corporation and is traded on a stock exchange) but is taxed like a partnership and thus avoids the corporate income tax
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Limited Liability Partnership
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a partnership that limits partners' risk of losing their personal assets to only their own acts and omissions and to the acts and omissions of people under their supervision
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Conventional Corporation
Definition
A state-chartered legal entity with authority to act and have liability separate from its owners
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S Corporation
Definition
a unique government creation that looks like a corporation but is taxed like sole proprietorships and partnerships
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Limited Liability Company
Definition
a company similar to an S corporation but without the special eligibility requirements
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Merger
Definition
the result of two firms forming one company
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Acquisition
Definition
one company's purchase of the property and obligations of another company
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Vertical Merger
Definition
the joining of two companies involved in different stages of related businesses
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Horizontal Merger
Definition
the joining of two firms in the same industry
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Conglomerate Merger
Definition
the joining of firms in completely unrelated industries
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Leveraged Buyout
Definition
an attempt by employees, management, or a group of investors to purchase an organization primarily through borrowing
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Franchise Agreement
Definition
an arrangement whereby someone with a good idea for a business sells the rights to use the business name and sell a product or service to others in a given territory
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Franchisor
Definition
a company that develops a product concept and sells others the rights to make and sell the products
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Franchise
Definition
the right to use a specific business's name and sell its products or services in a given territory
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Franchisee
Definition
a person who buys a franchise
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Cooperative
Definition
a business owned and controlled by the people who use it - producers, consumers, or workers with similar needs who pool their resources for mutual gain
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