Corporation
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| - | A '''corporation''' is a [[Separate legal personality|legal personality]], usually used to conduct business. Corporations exist as a product of [[corporate law]], and their rules balance the interests of the [[shareholder]]s that invest their [[capital]] and the employees who contribute their [[Labour (economics)|labour]]. People work together in corporations to produce. In modern times, corporations have become an increasingly dominant part of economic life. People rely on corporations for [[employment]], for their goods and services, for the value of the pensions, for [[economic growth]] and social development. | + | A '''corporation''' is a [[Separate legal personality|legal personality]], usually used to conduct [[business]]. Corporations exist as a product of [[corporate law]], and their rules balance the interests of the [[shareholder]]s that invest their [[capital]] and the employees who contribute their [[Labour (economics)|labour]]. People work together in corporations to produce. In modern times, corporations have become an increasingly dominant part of economic life. People rely on corporations for [[employment]], for their goods and services, for the value of the pensions, for [[economic growth]] and social development. |
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| *[[Cooperative]] | *[[Cooperative]] | ||
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| *[[Corporate scandal]]s | *[[Corporate scandal]]s | ||
| *[[Corporatism]] | *[[Corporatism]] | ||
| + | *[[Corporatocracy]] | ||
| *[[Corporatization]] | *[[Corporatization]] | ||
| *[[Evil corporation]] | *[[Evil corporation]] | ||
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A corporation is a legal personality, usually used to conduct business. Corporations exist as a product of corporate law, and their rules balance the interests of the shareholders that invest their capital and the employees who contribute their labour. People work together in corporations to produce. In modern times, corporations have become an increasingly dominant part of economic life. People rely on corporations for employment, for their goods and services, for the value of the pensions, for economic growth and social development.
See also
- Cooperative
- Corporate crime
- Corporate scandals
- Corporatism
- Corporatocracy
- Corporatization
- Evil corporation
- Guild
- Megacorporation
- Nonprofit corporation
- Organizational culture
- The Corporation (film)
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