Types of Business Organizations

This type of business is owned by one person.

• Partnership
• Sole Proprietorship
• Corporation
• Franchise

What is a major advantage of a business that is a partnership rather than a sole proprietorship?

• The responsibility for the business is shared
• The business is easy to set up
• The partners are not responsible for business debts
• The business is easy to sell

What is a business owned by stockholders/investors but operated by others?

• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership
• Corporation

What is a business owned and operated by two or more people?

• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership
• Corporation

What is ONE advantage of a sole proprietorship?

• You make ALL the decisions
• Easy to raise money
• You have to share profits

Which is ONE disadvantage of Sole Proprietorship?

• Less direct control
• Disagreements
• Hard to raise money

What is ONE advantage of a Corporation?

• Difficult to start
• Make all of the decisions
• Easy to raise money!

Disadvantages include limited life and
the potential for conflict between partners

• Sole Propriotorship
• Partnership
• Corporation

Advantages of this business type are that the owner is their own boss and gets to keep all the profits.

• Partnership
• Sole Proprietorship
• Corporation
• Franchise

Disadvantages for this type of business include: owner pays for everything, hard to get money to start from the bank, owner might lack skills & unlimited liability.

• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership
• Corporation
• Franchise