There are various forms of business ownership, each with unique characteristics and structures. Corporations operate as legally separate entities from their owners and shareholders, which provides them with certain legal protections and benefits.
Habitat for Humanity builds houses & supplies people with necessities needed
Organizations with a mission
All money earned is put back into the company
Corporation
Many big companies that we see everyday are corporations examples are Google, Ford, Microsoft, Ikea, Macys, Ebay, Dell, and Sony.
A corporation is a type of business that is considered legally separate from the owners and shareholders unlike sole proprietorships and partnerships
e-Commerce
Social media can direct customers to sites, ex. eBay
sells goods worldwide through an online platform
The transaction of buying & selling goods & services online
Manufacturing
Interactive Toy Concepts builds toys and sells the product to stores & consumers
Rubber is bought, made into tires, then sold to the market
Raw materials are bought, goods are manufactured, the products are sold
Merchandising
Grocery stores buy produce from farms & sell them at higher prices
Canadian Surplus Distributor supplies goods to stores & companies
they buy goods & products then sell them to other corporations
Buy & sell business
items bought at whole price, sold at retail price
Co-operative
Dairy farmers of Canada, DLG group, WGZ bank are all examples of co-operative organizations.
A co-op is a business owned and used to benefit its members. It is made when several people have a need and work together to fix it.
Franchise
Examples are McDonalds who have many restaurants which are considered franchises and owned by one person. As well as the Toronto Raptors who are an NBA franchise, owned by MLSE but their rules follow the NBA.
A franchise is a business that is legally started by using other companies ideas and design, the company guides you to what to do.
Partnership
There are a a lot of businesses that started of as partnerships then became very successful and became corporations. Some notable examples are McDonalds, Microsoft, HP, and twitter
Sole Proprietorship
A convenience store is a type of sole Proprietorship because there is one owner that makes all the decisions.
Service Businesses
Schools teach children & provide them with knowledge