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MM Unit 7
Entrepreneurship
Question | Answer |
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A legal document allowing a corporation to operate as if it were a person | Charter |
A formal, published collection of values and rules used to guide the behavior of an organization toward its various stakeholders | Code of ethics |
A business owned and operated by its user members for the purpose of supplying itself with products | Cooperative |
A business owned by people who purchase stock in the company | Corporation |
Someone who takes the risk to start a new business | Entrepreneur |
The process of planning, creating and managing a new business | Entrepreneurship |
The code of moral conduct that sets standards for what is valued as right or wrong behavior for a person or group | Ethics |
Employee who is given funds and freedom to create a special unit or department within a company in order to develop a new product, process, or service | Intrapreneur |
Two or more businesses that agree to provide a product sharing the cost of doing business and also the profits | Joint venture |
A way to limit and control those who plan to enter certain types of businesses | Licensing |
Special type of corporation that is taxed as if it is a sole proprietorship or partnership | Limited liability company (LLC) |
A partnership in which a partner's liability is limited to the amount of the partner's investment | Limited liability partnership (LLP) |
An organization that does not pay taxes and does not exist to make a profit | Non-profit corporation |
A business owned by two or more persons | Partnership |
A business owned and managed by one person | Sole proprietorship |
Regulations that specify which land areas may be used for homes and which areas may be used for different types of businesses | Zoning |