Understanding Business
Understanding Business
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ISBN: 9781259929434
Author: William Nickels
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To discuss: The cost to start sole proprietorship, partnership, corporations and franchise; hours of work of these businesses and specific benefits attached with it.

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When the right to use the name of a specific business is given somebody to sell the goods and services under the name in a particular territory, it is known as franchise. Chartered legal entity that has separate liabilities from the owner and authority to act is known as corporations.

When several people pool their resources to work together and have mutual interest and gains and such business is owned and operated by the user of the business, it is known as cooperative.

When the business is managed and owned by a person single handedly, it is known as sole proprietorship.

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