Structure
and ownership:
private ownership;
this is where the owner of a company is either an individual, a small group of people, or held by shareholders. The main focus of this is to survive in the marketplace and producing profit.
http://admediacanada.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/media-ownership-public-and-private.htmlhttp://www.globalization101.org/ownership/
public service media;
public service media is used for communication as a public service for the purpose of generating a profit. Public service broadcasting would be the same thing using TV and radio whereas public service media tends to vary over many more platforms such as the internet.
http://publicpurposemedia.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/what-is-public-service-media.htmlhttp://www.unesco.org.uk/public_service_mediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting
multinationals;
Multinational companies are organizations that operate in more than one country. Often these companies will have a single base in one country with other facilities are based in other countries.
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-multinational-corporation.htmhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/multinational-corporation-MNC.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation
independents;
independent businesses are basically privately owned companies. This form is often used to distinguish between “one of a kind” businesses and corporate chains, also known as conglomerates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_businesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_contractor
Conglomerates
these are combinations of two or more corporations that fall under one parent company or corporate group. Quite often these combined corporations will be engaged in entirely different businesses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/conglomerate.asphttp://www.investorwords.com/1034/conglomerate.html
Voluntary
voluntary companies are “not-for-profit” and are often undertaken by non governmental organizations. These are often for public service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_sectorhttp://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/policy-research/what-voluntary-sector
cross-media
cross media is media that is distributed across different media platforms though linkages. This can be in advertising, entertainment, gaming, communication and almost any other form of media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossmediahttp://www.bfm.ee/programmes/crossmedia/what-is-crossmedia/http://www.repropoint.com/printing/cross-media.htm
diversification
this is the process of creating a portfolio that covers many different asset classes, this does not guarantee a better performance it can help alleviate speculation when a company is looking to invest.
http://www.thornburginvestments.com/core_strategy/diversification1.asphttp://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/diversification.asphttp://investor.gov/classroom/teachers/classroom-resources/what-diversification
vertical and horizontal integration
vertical integration is where a company or entity controls several steps of the production process of a product or service. This is often to increase the companies power in the marketplace.Horizontal integration is simpler and more common, this is where a company takes over another similar company to increase ther own marketshare. It can be heard as a “takover”, “merger” or “buyout”.
http://bizdharma.com/blog/what-is-vertical-and-horizontal-integration/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integrationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_integration
share of ownership
share of ownership is more commonly known as Stock. This is a portion of ownership within a corporation. The holder is entitles to the companies earning and also responsible for its risk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockhttp://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Stock
mergers and takeovers
these are similar corporate actions and both involve two separate companies combining into one legal entity. However a merger is the mutual decision between the two companies to join whereas a takover is where one company literally buys the other company out and the larger company purchaces the smaller one.
http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/mergervstakeover.asphttp://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/comments/takeovers-and-mergers-the-language-of-ma
sources of income;
sources of income are any way which money is gained to an individual. This can be anything from wages from an employer to drug money to simply finding money on the street.
http://accounting-simplified.com/income.htmlhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_source_of_income
product diversity;
this where there is a competitive market for a certain type of product so the consumer ha a genuine choice of who supplies the product.
http://www.ptc.com/solutions/product-diversity/whitepaper/http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_product_diversity_mean
organisational objectives;
these are the aims and goals that an organization sets out to achieve. Whether this concerns profitability or consumer satisfaction or some other achievement.
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/mkt/dictionary/result.php?term=o*http://www.tutor2u.net/business/gcse/organisation_aims_objectives.htmhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/organizational-objectives.html
competitors
businesses are competitive entities and every business that exists in an area that other businesses cover will have competitors. The ways that xompanies compete can be through price, diversity, quality and many other factors.
http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/business-theory/marketing/business-competitors.html#axzz2OVlOVaIhhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/competitor.html
customers
customers are people who buy a product or service from a company. They have to pay as this custom is purely for economical profit for the business and for the customer it is for the quality of the product/service they are buying.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Customers
private ownership;
this is where the owner of a company is either an individual, a small group of people, or held by shareholders. The main focus of this is to survive in the marketplace and producing profit.
http://admediacanada.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/media-ownership-public-and-private.htmlhttp://www.globalization101.org/ownership/
public service media;
public service media is used for communication as a public service for the purpose of generating a profit. Public service broadcasting would be the same thing using TV and radio whereas public service media tends to vary over many more platforms such as the internet.
http://publicpurposemedia.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/what-is-public-service-media.htmlhttp://www.unesco.org.uk/public_service_mediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting
multinationals;
Multinational companies are organizations that operate in more than one country. Often these companies will have a single base in one country with other facilities are based in other countries.
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-multinational-corporation.htmhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/multinational-corporation-MNC.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation
independents;
independent businesses are basically privately owned companies. This form is often used to distinguish between “one of a kind” businesses and corporate chains, also known as conglomerates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_businesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_contractor
Conglomerates
these are combinations of two or more corporations that fall under one parent company or corporate group. Quite often these combined corporations will be engaged in entirely different businesses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/conglomerate.asphttp://www.investorwords.com/1034/conglomerate.html
Voluntary
voluntary companies are “not-for-profit” and are often undertaken by non governmental organizations. These are often for public service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_sectorhttp://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/policy-research/what-voluntary-sector
cross-media
cross media is media that is distributed across different media platforms though linkages. This can be in advertising, entertainment, gaming, communication and almost any other form of media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossmediahttp://www.bfm.ee/programmes/crossmedia/what-is-crossmedia/http://www.repropoint.com/printing/cross-media.htm
diversification
this is the process of creating a portfolio that covers many different asset classes, this does not guarantee a better performance it can help alleviate speculation when a company is looking to invest.
http://www.thornburginvestments.com/core_strategy/diversification1.asphttp://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/diversification.asphttp://investor.gov/classroom/teachers/classroom-resources/what-diversification
vertical and horizontal integration
vertical integration is where a company or entity controls several steps of the production process of a product or service. This is often to increase the companies power in the marketplace.Horizontal integration is simpler and more common, this is where a company takes over another similar company to increase ther own marketshare. It can be heard as a “takover”, “merger” or “buyout”.
http://bizdharma.com/blog/what-is-vertical-and-horizontal-integration/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integrationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_integration
share of ownership
share of ownership is more commonly known as Stock. This is a portion of ownership within a corporation. The holder is entitles to the companies earning and also responsible for its risk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockhttp://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Stock
mergers and takeovers
these are similar corporate actions and both involve two separate companies combining into one legal entity. However a merger is the mutual decision between the two companies to join whereas a takover is where one company literally buys the other company out and the larger company purchaces the smaller one.
http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/mergervstakeover.asphttp://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/comments/takeovers-and-mergers-the-language-of-ma
sources of income;
sources of income are any way which money is gained to an individual. This can be anything from wages from an employer to drug money to simply finding money on the street.
http://accounting-simplified.com/income.htmlhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_source_of_income
product diversity;
this where there is a competitive market for a certain type of product so the consumer ha a genuine choice of who supplies the product.
http://www.ptc.com/solutions/product-diversity/whitepaper/http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_product_diversity_mean
organisational objectives;
these are the aims and goals that an organization sets out to achieve. Whether this concerns profitability or consumer satisfaction or some other achievement.
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/mkt/dictionary/result.php?term=o*http://www.tutor2u.net/business/gcse/organisation_aims_objectives.htmhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/organizational-objectives.html
competitors
businesses are competitive entities and every business that exists in an area that other businesses cover will have competitors. The ways that xompanies compete can be through price, diversity, quality and many other factors.
http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/business-theory/marketing/business-competitors.html#axzz2OVlOVaIhhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/competitor.html
customers
customers are people who buy a product or service from a company. They have to pay as this custom is purely for economical profit for the business and for the customer it is for the quality of the product/service they are buying.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Customers
