Flashcards: Types of organization

A credit bureau is a collection agency that gathers account information from various creditors and provides that information to a consumer reporting agency in the United States, a credit reference agency in the United Kingdom, a credit reporting body in Australia, and a credit information company (CIC) in India.

A Kommanditgesellschaft (abbreviated "KG", pronounced [kɔmanˈditgəˌzɛlʃaft]) is the German name for a limited partnership business entity and is used in German, Austrian and some other European legal systems.

A corporation is a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law.

In most countries, a general partnership (the basic form of partnership under common law) is an association of persons or an unincorporated company with the following major features: * Created by agreement, proof of existence and estoppel.

A workers' council is a form of political and economic organization in which a single place of work or enterprise, such as a factory, school, or farm, is controlled collectively by the workers of that workplace, through the core principle of temporary and instantly revocable delegates.

A collection agency, also known as a debt collector, is a business or other entity that specializes in debt collection, i.

A concern (German: Konzern) is a type of business group common in Europe, particularly in Germany.

The Labour movement or Labor movement (see spelling differences), or, respectively, labourism or laborism, are general terms for the collective organization of working people developed to represent and campaign for better working conditions and treatment from their employers and, by the implementation of labour and employment laws, their governments.

A syndicate is a self-organizing group of individuals, companies, corporations or entities formed to transact some specific business, to pursue or promote a shared interest.

A trust or corporate trust is an American English term for a large business with significant market power.

A business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per commercial law in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities allowable.

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry.

A 501(c) organization, or simply a 501(c), is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the United States.

An organization or organisation (see spelling differences) is an entity comprising multiple people, such as an institution or an association, that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment.

A benefit society, fraternal benefit society or fraternal benefit order is a society, an organization or a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties.

A kitchen incubator, also known as a culinary incubator, is a business incubator dedicated to early-stage catering, retail and wholesale food businesses.

An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources.