DEFINITION: A private business organization that is owned and controlled by people who use its products, supplies, or services
Franchise
UPS
Subway
McDonald’s
DEFINITION: A franchise is a business owned by an entrepreneur or an entrepreneurial group which they offer products or services labeled by a corporation that provides assistance to the business
Corporation
Macy’s
Google
Microsoft Corporation
DEFINITION: A business that declares a separate and a legal entity guided by a group of officers also known as the board of directors
Sole Proprietorship
Example
Tutor
Fitness Instructor
Housekeepers
DEFINITION: A business that legally has no separate existence from its owner.
Partnership
Examples
Spotify & Uber
kanye and Adidas
Red bull & GoPro
DEFINITION:
A business that includes two or more individuals that share management and profits
MANUFACTURING
APPLE INC
TOYOTA
BAKERIES
DEFINITION:Any business that use, raw, components or parts to make a finished good
NON-PROFIT
RED CROSS
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
SALVATION ARMY
DEFINITION: a tax exempt organization formed by charitable, religious, literary, educational purposes etc
Where shareholders do not benefits financially
MERCHANDISING
URBAN OUTFITTERS
SPORTCHEK
WALMART
DEFINITION: A merchandising business will generally buy their products from a wide range of companies domestically and internationally and market their products in stores
SERVICES
TRAVEL AGENTS
TRANSPORTATION (UBER)
BEAUTY SALONS
DEFINITON: service businesses are those that provide an activity or the performance of a task with a commercial purpose.
E-COMMERCE
EXAMPLES
FASHIONOVA
KIJIJI
AMAZON
DEFINITION:buying and selling of goods and services or transmitting of funds and data online