Owns the entire company, including its profit or losses
Solely liable for the obligations of the business
Sole Proprietorship
Easy to form and operate
Manageable and less expensive to establish
Owner has complete control over the business
Avoids internal conflict in decision-making
Sole Proprietorship
Suppose you wanted to open your own burger shop and you needed ₱25,000.00 to start. You used your personal savings to fund the establishment of your business.
Partnership
Business owned by two or more persons
Partnership
Mutual decisions must be agreed upon
Profits and losses are shared
Partnership
After three years of successful business operations of your burger shop, you decided to expand the business by adding more items to your menu and building an extension to make the space bigger. However, you don't have enough money to fund the expansion. You ask your best friend if she wants to become a partner and invest in your business, which she agrees to.
Corporation
Business organized as a separate legal entity, ownership divided into transferable shares, owners are shareholders
Corporation
Voting rights of shareholders are based on their percentage of ownership
Shareholders can withdraw their shares by selling their stocks
A corporation should be composed of at least five shareholders and cannot exceed fifty years of operations
Corporation
Seeing that the burger shop is successful, you want to expand and have your own fast-food chain, but you will need a large amount of money. Your best friend is willing to invest, like your parents, but this is not enough to start your fast food restaurant. You decided to establish a corporation to acquire more capital.
Cooperatives
An independent association of persons who join together voluntarily to achieve their social or cultural objectives
Cooperatives
Member-owners contribute to the capital and delegate the management of the business to a board of directors
With privileges from certain tax exemptions
Cooperative members become the business's customer base
Members share resources
Types of Businesses According to Activities
Service business
Merchandising business
Manufacturing business
Service business
Sells intangible products and provides technical skills, professional skills, advice, and consultations
Service business
Easy to organize
Requires persons and machines
Requires special skills or knowledge
Merchandising business
Profits from selling the merchandise or products at higher prices than their purchase costs (buy and sell)
Merchandising business
Products are easy to sell
Products are sold without changing the form
No need to purchase machines for production
Merchandising business
Maintains a high volume of inventories
High maintenance cost of inventory
Relies on keeping the loyalty of customers
Manufacturing business
Buys raw materials, employs labor and machines to make a new product
Manufacturing business
Job satisfaction depends on the volume of work and the creation of new products
Demand for products is high
Manufacturing business
Requires large capital and start-up costs
Relies on the availability of raw materials
Business activities also affect financial accounting. It has implications on: source of capital, costs (variable and fixed), cashflows, tax management
Marketing mix refers to the four P's, which are product, price, place, and promotion.
Ownership structure
Defines the form of a businessorganization
Ownership structure
Implications on the sourceofcapital
Distribution of profits
Extent of the owner'sliability
Forms of Business Organization
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
Corporation
Cooperatives
Sole Proprietorship
Business owned and controlled by only one person
Sole Proprietor
Owns the entire company, including its profit or losses
Solely liable for the obligations of the business
Sole Proprietorship
Easy to form and operate
Manageable and less expensive to establish
Partnership
Business owned by two or more persons
Partnership
Mutual decisions must be agreed upon
Profits and losses are shared
Corporation
Business organized as a separate legal entity, ownership divided into transferable shares, owners are shareholders
Corporation
Voting rights of shareholders are based on their percentage of ownership
Shareholders can withdraw their shares by selling their stocks
Cooperatives
An independent association of persons who join together voluntarily to achieve their social or cultural objectives