Business sector

Question 1

Business organization which owns and operates plants

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firm

Question 2

an institution that hires productive resources and that organizes those factors to produce and sell goods and services

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firm

Question 3

A firms’ goal is to…

Answer 3

maximize profit

Question 4

Physical structures or locations where business is conducted

Answer 4

plant

Question 5

group of related firms which produce similar products

Answer 5

industry

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business organizations

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sole proprietorship; partnership; corporation

Question 7

business owned by a single individual

Answer 7

sole proprietorship

Question 8

sole proprietorship advantages

Answer 8

easy to organize; proprietor is own boss; profits taxes once

Question 9

sole proprietorship disadvantages

Answer 9

unlimited liability; limited life; owner responsible for all decisions and all aspects of business whether or not a strength; expense of capital and labor; difficult to grow into a large enterprise

Question 10

2 or more individuals own and operate business in a partnership agreement

Answer 10

partnership

Question 11

partnership advantages

Answer 11

ease to organize; diversified decision making; greater financial resources; profits taxed once

Question 12

partnership disadvantages

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unlimited liability; limited life; consensus difficult to achieve; capital expensive and finances still limited

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legal entity distint from its owners; can act as legal person; buy and sell, own property, make contracts

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corporation

Question 14

formed by charter granted by government

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common and preferred stocks; Corporate bonds

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Common to all corporations; initial way to raise funds to finance corporation; initial public offering

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common stock

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voting rights: 1 share = 1 vote

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common stockholders

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dividends rights if there is profit and Board of directors approve; capital gains/losses from sale of stock

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common stockholders

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If new stock issued, existing stockholders can purchase new shares in proportion to their existing holdings before stock offered for sale to general public

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pre-emptive rights

Question 19

when dividends skipped amount accumulated and firm cant pay any dividenct to common stockholders until all accumulated dividends paid to preferred stockholders

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cumulative

Question 20

IOU; long term debt of corporation

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corporate bonds

Question 21

when borrowers must bay back principal (usually 10-20 years

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maturity date

Question 22

amount to be repaid when bond matures (principal)

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par value

Question 23

annual interest paid on bond, expressed in terms of % of bond’s par value

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coupon rate

Question 24

most bonds secured with pledge of specific assets

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corporate bonds

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bonds secured only by reputation of company

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debentures

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bonds are retired ( paid off) by maturity date

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Question 27

bonds are usually issued in ____--each series has unique maturity date and coupon rate in insure that all bonds are not due at once

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series

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have provisions for early redemption; if interest rates fall, issuer can repay early and re-issue bonds at lower rate

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callable bonds

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option of being converted into a set number of common stocks

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convertible bonds

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Bond ratings indicate bond rist (Aaa to C)

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Ratings influence rate of interest paid by corporations

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bonds rated Ba or lower; corporations with ____ have to pay high rate of interest to get people to buy them

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junk bonds

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corporation advantages

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easy to raise capital; limited liability; unlimited life; professional management

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corporation disadvantages

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doble taxation; principal-agent problem; difficult to organize; complex management stucture

Question 34

Corporations dominate where a large amount of capital is necessary

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Proprietorships dominate where flexibility in decision making is critical

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LLC

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limited Liability company

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distributes all profit directly to owners and investors -shields personal assets of owners from liability claims

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LLC

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35 or fewer employees; profit passes directly to owners avoiding double taxation; limited liablity

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S corporation

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multi-plant firm in which company owns plants at different production stages

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vertical combinations

Question 39

muti-plant firm with plants performing the same manufacturing process

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horizontal combination

Question 40

firm that owns plants in different industries or markets

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conglomerate