Business Organization and Combination: An Analysis of the Evolution and Nature of Business Organization in the United States and a Tentative Solution of the Corporation and Trust Problems |
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... courses in business organization and allied topics ; and , in using this book , one instructor can omit the part which deals with public policy ; another , the discussion of the simpler forms of organization ; a third , the account of ...
... courses in business organization and allied topics ; and , in using this book , one instructor can omit the part which deals with public policy ; another , the discussion of the simpler forms of organization ; a third , the account of ...
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... course , rests on the fact that men can generally make money in legal ways only by mak- ing things other men want . Or , to put the idea another way , it rests upon the fact that exchange - in which business subsists - must ordinarily ...
... course , rests on the fact that men can generally make money in legal ways only by mak- ing things other men want . Or , to put the idea another way , it rests upon the fact that exchange - in which business subsists - must ordinarily ...
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... course , he pays rent , wages , and interest out of the gross income of the business . All this involves the risk that there will be nothing left over to compensate himself , but , if his entre- preneurial ability is good , " profits ...
... course , he pays rent , wages , and interest out of the gross income of the business . All this involves the risk that there will be nothing left over to compensate himself , but , if his entre- preneurial ability is good , " profits ...
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... course , modify this tendency . At the outset care must be exercised lest we confuse two separate problems : the problem of large - scale production , and the problem of combination . The former concerns the size of the single ...
... course , modify this tendency . At the outset care must be exercised lest we confuse two separate problems : the problem of large - scale production , and the problem of combination . The former concerns the size of the single ...
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... course , the labor will be divided as it is integrated . Many establishments are confined to one branch of industry like the manufacture of steel from iron . If , now , there are great economies in an integration which will bring the ...
... course , the labor will be divided as it is integrated . Many establishments are confined to one branch of industry like the manufacture of steel from iron . If , now , there are great economies in an integration which will bring the ...
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Page 81 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 265 - The board of directors from time to time shall determine whether and to what extent, and at what times and places, and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the corporation, or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders...
Page 146 - People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Page 458 - Dollars gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness," with interest from date at the rate of four per cent.
Page 92 - ... to make and perform contracts of any kind and description ; and in carrying on its business, or for the purpose of attaining or furthering any of its objects, to do any and all other acts and things, and to exercise any and all other powers which a copartnership or natural person could do and exercise, and which now or hereafter may be authorized by law.
Page 412 - Board, and shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum and with such sureties as may be required by the Board of Directors.
Page 477 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as...
Page 105 - ... the general assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the organization of all corporations hereafter to be created.
Page 458 - ... per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of April and October in each year.
Page 313 - Its object shall be to furnish exchange rooms and other facilities for the convenient transaction of their business by its members, as brokers; to maintain high standards of commercial honor and integrity among its members; and to promote and inculcate just and equitable principles of trade and business.