Categories: All - franchise - service - co-operative - manufacturing

by Raeesa Reza - Fairwind Sr PS (1159) 4 years ago

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Types & Forms of Business

Various types and forms of businesses each come with their own set of advantages and disadvantages. In service-based businesses like Netflix and Uber, the lack of physical inventory simplifies operations but convincing buyers of the need for the service can be challenging.

Types & Forms of Business

Forms

Types

Types & Forms of Business

Co-operative

Groupe Credit Agricole
Stocksy United
Co-operative or “Co-Op” type of organization that is both owned and controlled by members who also use services and products under cooperation

Franchise

Subway
Taco Bell
Franchise, a type of license that a party allows them to have access to a business’s proprietary knowledge, processes and trademark in order to allow party to sell product/provide service under the business’s name

Corporation

Dairy Farms
Grocery Stores
Private business organizations that are owned and controlled by people who use the services or good

Partnership

Louis Vuitton x BMW
Uber x Spotify
An arrangement between two or more parties that operate the business and share the profit among themselves.

Sole Proprietorship

Tutoring
Food Stands
A business where there is one owner and they receive the profiting of income and losses and is taxed. It is the simplest where one can manage a business.

Non-profit

Disadvantage: Will need time and money to start
Advantage: Eligibility for grants
Homeless shelters
Cafes
Organization for charitable purposes

E-Commerce

Disadvantage: usually needing a lot of inventory space
Advantage: no physical company setups
Wish
Amazon
Buying and selling of goods or services using the internet with the transfer of money

Manufacturing

Disadvantage: have to train workers to understand new system
Advantage: smoother production workflow
Kylie cosmetics
Tesla
Making goods with raw materials with hands or machinery to sell

Merchandising

Disadvantage: shortage on staff, as the business grows bigger more able bodied workers must be called in and payed
Advantage: there are increased sales by pricing, display, product packaging and arrangement
Mcdonalds
Walmart
Buying from manufacturers and selling themselves in a retail outlet

Service

Disadvantage: it may take time to convince the buyer that they need the service
Advantage: there is no inventory
Netflix
Uber
A transaction where no physical goods are given/taken