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Entrepreneurship Chaps. 3.1 & 3.2 Types of Business & Business Ownership

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A manufacturing business (manufacturer)   What type of business converts materials into goods suitable for use and then sells those goods to others?  
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A wholesaling business (wholesaler)   What type of business buys goods in large quantities, typically from manufacturers, and resells them in smaller batches to retailers?  
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A retailing business (retailer)   What type of business buys goods, often from wholesalers, and resells them directly to consumers, who are the end buyers?  
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A service business   What type of business provides services to customers for a fee?  
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1950's   Which decade was the country’s dominant industry for manufacturing?  
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1950s and 1960s   Which decades America experienced a boom in franchising?  
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1970   Which decade did service, wholesale, and retail businesses account for the majority of America’s economic production.  
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2000s   The vast majority of businesses started in the service and trade businesses was which decade?  
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What does NAICS represent?   North American Industry Classification System  
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The top ten companies have one thing in common and what is it?   They provide some type of service!  
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2020   Service businesses are expected to dominate the U.S. economy through this date.  
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Owner’s liability   __________ ____________ is the legal obligation of a business owner to use personal money and possessions to pay the debts of the business.  
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Unlimited liability   ___________ ___________ means that a business owner can be legally forced to use personal money and possessions to pay the debts of the business.  
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Limited liability   ___________ ___________ means that a business owner cannot be legally forced to use personal money and possessions to pay business debt.  
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A sole proprietorship   What type of ownership is a legally defined type of business ownership in which a single individual owns the business, collects all profit from it, and has unlimited liability for its debt.  
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Sole proprietorship   This is the simplest and least expensive option for business ownership.  
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Sole proprietor   This type of business ownership has unlimited liability for any business debts.  
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Partnership   ______________ is a legally defined type of business organization in which at least two individuals share the management, profit, and liability.  
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Limited partnership   ____________ ____________is structured so that at least one partner (the general partner) has limited liability for the debts of the business.  
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general partners   Because__________ ___________ have unlimited liability, they risk losing personal money and possessions to pay business debts.  
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corporation   A _______________ is a legally defined type of business ownership in which the business is considered a type of “person” (or “entity”) under the law, and limited liability is granted to the business owner(s).  
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owners   The ____________ of a corporation are called its shareholders or stockholders.  
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Shareholders   _______________ have a limited liability. They risk only the money they invested in the corporation.  
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C corporations   Most corporations are ____ _____________, which are taxed as an entity by the federal government.  
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limited liability   A ____________ ____________ company is a legally defined type of business ownership similar to a C corporation, but with simpler operating requirements and tax procedures and greater liability protection for the business owners.  
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nonprofit corporation   A __________ _____________is a legally defined type of business ownership in which the company operates not to provide profit for its shareholders but to serve the good of society.  
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cooperative   A _______________ is a business owned, controlled, and operated for the mutual benefit of its members—people who use its services, buy its goods, or are employed by it.  
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