The Business Environment Unit 1/Assignment 1 Callum Whitehead Introduction In this assignment I am going to be describing the type, purpose and also ownership of two contrasting businesses. I will then look at stakeholders and look how they influence the businesses, look at how they are organised and explain how their style of the organisation helps to fulfil their purposes. Task 1 (Part A) My 2 contrasting organisations: 1. NHS 2. Microsoft Location – Explain different locations
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To: Wayne Liley From: Nabeel Ashraf Date: 16/10/2014 Introduction In this task I have been asked to describe the different types of business organisation that operate in the UK. This will include a comparison between a Limited Company and a Charity in terms of their ownership, aims, sectors of activity and main stakeholders. For the report, I have chosen to investigate Sainsbury’s and RSPCA. This has to be completed by the 16th of November 2014. Background information Sainsbury's is the third
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Use an example of your choice to discuss how ‘corporate restructuring’ transformed market, productive and financial performance. Companies quite often have a need to contract and downsize their operations, or redesign one of the aspects, which might be due to different reasons, such as external factors, increase level of competitiveness or to change company’s direction. All the changes that the company might implement are called corporate restructuring. Usually, corporate restructuring is used
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lose all their possessions to pay off the business’s debt. Currently Marks and Spencer has gone onto become a national business having 798 UK stores, 455 international stores. Today, Marks and Spencer is a public limited company where businesses are owned by shareholders with limited liability to which shareholders can only lose up to their investment. It also offers its shares to the general public, through the Stock Exchange market. Cancer Research UK, a not for profit/voluntary leading charity
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Analysis of Shezan…………………………………………….. Conclusion………………………………………………………………. BRIEF HISTORY: The company was incorporated in 1964 as a Private Limited Company, with the main objective to set up an industrial undertaking for manufacturing of juices, squashes, sherbets, jams, pickles and preserves from fruits and Vegetables. Shezan International Limited was conceived as a joint venture by the Shahnawaz Group of Pakistan and Alliance Industrial Development Corporation of U.S.A. The agricultural
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Merger, Acquisition, and International Strategies Shonia L. Murphy Dr. Bennett Strayer University Bus 499 Introduction Any public limited company can grow through the process of either organic growth or internal growth or through the process of merger and acquisition. In the following pages two different public limited companies listed in the United States are taken. One of the animation companies has international exposure and a history of merger and acquisition and other
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LIT1 Task 1, Part A Sole proprietorship: A sole proprietorship is an inexpensive and easy to form business organization. This entrepreneurship gives the owner the ability to have flexibility in their schedule. The business owner of this organization will benefit from having full control and retains all the businesses profits. Negatively, the business owner is also personally responsible for all the debt. and liability the business may take on. In this organization if the owner dies, the
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06 Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon 00 CONTENT 01 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN 02 JOINT LIABILITY COMPANY 03 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 04 UNDECLARED PARTNERSHIP 05 JOINT STOCK COMPANY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) 07 PARTNERSHIP LIMITED BY SHARES 08 HOLDING COMPANIES 09 OFFSHORE COMPANIES 10 THIRD-FOREIGN COMPANIES Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon
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corporation. A) True B) False 12) Liability law has had an impact on business by requiring them to place warning labels on products. A) True B) False 13) One of the disadvantages of the corporate form of ownership is the limited liability of its owners. A) True B) False 14) A sole proprietorship must be registered with the state to obtain its legal charter. A) True B) False 15) Ownership in a corporation
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ADVANTAGES OF A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP: * Being a limited partner puts a limitation on liability with respect both to potential lawsuits and money; the limited partner is only going to be liable for the amount of capital it contributed to the business; a business creditor cannot come after the limited partner’s personal assets. * Easier to attract investors because limited partners have limited liability to the business debts. * Profits and losses pass through the business to the partners
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