What do you need to make a corporation
Article of Incorporation
What do you need to make a partnership or sole proprietorship?
DBA
Who created the idea of command economy
Karl Marx
Define Licensing
A business arrangement in which one company gives another company permission to manufacture its product for a specified payment.
S corporation vs LLC
LLCs can have an unlimited number of members; S corps can have no more than 100 shareholders (owners). Non-U.S. citizens/residents can be members of LLCs; S corps may not have non-U.S. citizens/residents as shareholders. S corporations cannot be owned by corporations, LLCs, partnerships or many trusts.
Exporting vs Importing
3 factors that affect ethics
Individual, Social, Opportunity
stakeholder vs stockholder
Stockholders are partial owners of the companies in which they purchase stock and have access to certain rights associated with ownership. Stakeholders, apart from business owners, rarely have any claims of ownership to the company in which they have interests.
Moral vs ethics
Moral --> From the inside / Ethics --> Some set standards of behavior on what is right and wrong
Macroeconomic vs Microeconomic
The ability to produce a product more efficiently than any other product
Competitive advantage
The ultimate goal of all businesses
Satisfy consumer needs
Monopoly vs a monopolistic competition?
The study of how wealth is distributed
Economic
What is the best form of business ownership if you want to be your own boss?
Solo Propretorship
Corporation double taxation (when do corporations get taxed)
once when profit is earned and once when a dividend is distributed to stockholders
Triple Bottom Line (the 3 Ps)
People, Profit, Planet
What are the four factors of production
Land, Capital, Labor, Entrepreneurship
Balance of trade vs balance of payment
Who developed the theory of the invisible hand and capitalism?
Adam Smith
Unlimited vs limited liability
Protective vs Revenue Tariff
Protective tariffs are designed to shield domestic production from foreign competition by raising the price of the imported commodity. Revenue tariffs are designed to obtain revenue rather than to restrict imports
The national progression of international trade after GATT
WTO
Totally Owned Facilities vs Joint Venture
A joint venture is a firm that is set up, owned and operated by two or more companies. A joint venture may be an equal partnership, or one of the partners may have a greater share of the business. A wholly owned subsidiary is owned by a single company that maintains control over it
Discrimination then harrasment