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  2. Corporatocracy - Wikipedia

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    Corporatocracy. Corporatocracy ( / ˌkɔːrpərəˈtɒkrəsi /, from corporate and Greek: -κρατία, romanized : -kratía, lit. 'domination by'; short form corpocracy [1]) is an economic, political and judicial system controlled by business corporations or corporate interests. [2]

  3. Trust (business) - Wikipedia

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    A trust or corporate trust is a large grouping of business interests with significant market power, which may be embodied as a corporation or as a group of corporations that cooperate with one another in various ways. These ways can include constituting a trade association, owning stock in one another, constituting a corporate group (sometimes ...

  4. Corporate capitalism - Wikipedia

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    In social science and economics, corporate capitalism is a capitalist marketplace characterized by the dominance of hierarchical and bureaucratic corporations. Overview [ edit ] In the developed world , corporations dominate the marketplace, comprising 50% [ citation needed ] or more of all businesses.

  5. Trickle-down economics - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Trickle-down economics refers to economic policies that disproportionately favor the upper tier of the economic spectrum, comprising wealthy individuals and large corporations. The policies are based on the idea that spending by this group will "trickle down" to those less fortunate in the form of stronger economic growth. [1]

  6. An Economics 101 Lesson From Corporate America - AOL

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    Supply. Demand. Any basic economics class will start with these two words on the blackboard. They are the yin and yang of the market. Whenever one of these two items falls out of balance, it can ...

  7. Corporation - Wikipedia

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    A corporation is an organization —usually a group of people or a company —authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes. [1] : 10 Early incorporated entities were ...

  8. Corporate finance - Wikipedia

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    Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with the sources of funding, and the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools and analysis used to allocate financial resources. The primary goal of corporate finance is to maximize or increase ...

  9. Corporate governance - Wikipedia

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    Definitions. "Corporate governance" may be defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions that appear purpose-specific. Writers concerned with regulatory policy in relation ...