Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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Author: Chad J. Zutter, Scott B. Smart
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 1.11RQ
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To discuss: The relationship and roles among the parties in a corporation and ways wherein the corporate owners rewarded for the risks they undertake.
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A particular legal entity that separate from its owners is termed as corporations. In this form of business the owners indicates certain governing rules to undertake the business in a contract knows as the articles of incorporation. This contract is submitted to the government of the state. Later, then the state issues a charter that creates the separate legal entity.
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