Business Ownership & Types
Non-profit organization dedicated to social, environmental, or community causes.
NGO / Non-Governmental Organization
Company headquartered in one country with operational or production facilities in other nations.
Multinational Company / MNC
Any individual, group, or entity impacted directly or indirectly by business operations and decisions.
Stakeholder
Traditional primary financial target for private sector commercial enterprises.
Profit Maximization
Strategic tool analyzing Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Ethical and Legal factors.
STEEPLE analysis
Business owned by shareholders where financial liability is limited to invested capital.
Limited Company / Corporation
Growth strategy involving a distinct, temporary entity created by two independent businesses.
Joint Venture
Primary internal stakeholders seeking maximized dividend payouts and long-term capital growth.
Shareholders / Owners
Baseline business objective during initial startup phases or severe macroeconomic recessions.
Survival
Economic variable representing the cost of borrowing money or the reward for saving it.
Interest Rate
Agreement where an entrepreneur buys the rights to use an established business model and brand.
Franchise
Business expansion achieved by increasing internal capacity, sales, and market reliance without mergers.
Organic / Internal Growth
Conflict arising when management cuts labor costs to boost profit margins, opposing this group.
Employees / Workers
Proportion of total industry sales controlled by a single business, expressed as a percentage.
Market Share
Diagnostic framework mapping internal Strengths and Weaknesses against external Opportunities and Threats.
SWOT analysis
Public sector enterprise fully owned, funded, and controlled by the government.
State-Owned Enterprise / Public Corporation
Acquisition of a competitor operating at the exact same stage of the supply chain.
Horizontal Integration
External stakeholder interested in tax revenue compliance, fair competition, and local employment laws.
Government
Commitment of a business to act ethically toward society, workers, and the environment.
Corporate Social Responsibility / CSR
Cost advantage where average cost per unit falls as output scale increases.
Economies of Scale
Unincorporated business structure where two or more individuals share joint control and unlimited liability.
Partnership
Growth strategy of acquiring a firm in an entirely unrelated industry to diversify portfolio risk.
Conglomerate Integration
External stakeholder group that suffers when a factory automates production, causing mass local redundancies.
Local Community
Framework evaluating business performance across Profit, People, and Planet.
Triple Bottom Line
Strategic growth option in the Ansoff Matrix involving the highest risk by launching new products into entirely new markets.
Diversification