Explain the differnces between cooperatives, joint ventures and syndicates?
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A COOPERATIVE is an association or corporation established for the purpose of providing services on a nonprofit basis to its shareholders or members who own and control it.\n\nThe nature and functions of cooperatives differ considerably—such as purchasing cooperatives, consumer cooperatives, and marketing cooperatives.\n\nIn the context of agriculture, a farmers' cooperative refers to an organization of farmers residing in the same locale that is established for their mutual benefit in regard to the cultivation and harvest of their products, the purchase of farm equipment and supplies at the lowest possible cost, and the sale of their products at the maximum possible price.\n\nThe term cooperative also signifies the ownership of an apartment building by a nonprofit corporation that holds title to it and the property upon which it is situated. Stock in the corporation is allotted among the apartment units on the basis of their relative value or size. The right of occupancy to a particular apartment is granted to each cooperative member, who purchases the shares assigned to the desired unit. The member subsequently receives a long-term proprietary lease to that unit. The rent payable pursuant to the lease is that member's proportionate share of the expenses the corporation incurs in operating the cooperative—such as insurance, taxes, maintenance, management, and debt service. The cooperative concept evolved in New York City during the early 1900s as a mode of accommodating the public's desire for home ownership; it subsequently expanded to other large urban centers.\n\nIn order to finance the purchase or construction of the cooperative building, the cooperative places a blanket mortgage on the property, which is pledged to support the given debt. Lenders usually are hesitant to accept an individual member's stock and proprietary lease as security for a long-term loan. The members' lien (a claim on property to satisfy a debt) on the lease would be subordinate to the blanket mortgage on the property. The purchaser of a cooperative apartment usually must have sufficient cash available to pay for the stock allotted to the unit he or she wishes to obtain. The initial price of the stock generally does not exceed the amount required for a down payment on a single-family residence. As cooperative members accumulate equity (the value of property exceeding the total debts on it) in their stock, subsequent purchasers must either have a substantial amount of cash available or locate a seller who is willing to recoup the equity in installments over several years.\n\nCooperative members are also financially dependent on each other. The existence of a single blanket mortgage paid by rent receipts means that if several members default in their rent payments, the corporation might not have sufficient funds to pay a mortgage loan installment. Foreclosure will ensue in regard to the entire membership unless it acts to satisfy the default. Although special reserves and assessments are generally employed to cover such a contingency, the available funds might be inadequate to prevent default.\n\nJOINT VENTURE is an association of two or more individuals or companies engaged in a solitary business enterprise for profit without actual partnership or incorporation; also called a joint adventure.\n\nA joint venture is a contractual business undertaking between two or more parties. It is similar to a business partnership, with one key difference: a partnership generally involves an ongoing, long-term business relationship, whereas a joint venture is based on a single business transaction. Individuals or companies choose to enter joint ventures in order to share strengths, minimize risks, and increase competitive advantages in the marketplace. Joint ventures can be distinct business units (a new business entity may be created for the joint venture) or collaborations between businesses. In a collaboration, for example, a high-technol
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In a condo, you own the physical unit itself, and pay maintenance for common areas; with a coop, you own shares in a corporation and allow yourself to "rent" your unit.  Your maintenance is much higher in a coop than a condo.  In a condo, you can vote on issues; with a coop, you vote for a representative for the shareholders, there is also the agent's rep, and usually the sponsors' rep on the board.  Sometimes when you sell a coop, there's a flip tax that has to be paid back to the coop board.  We bought a coop on Long Island in 1990 - big mistake - the maintenance was high when we bought - $800 (you pay the underlying sponsor's mtg.; taxes; garbage; water; super's salary; managing agent's fee, etc. thru maintenance in a coop), and eventually got to $1,200 per mo. due to balloon payments on the underlying mtg.  When we wanted to sell, we were in a jam - you can lower the price and take whatever hit you want, but you can't change the monthly maintenance - it took us 2 years to sell (I had a 2 bedroom unit and had three children there - it was rough) - we took a $20,000 loss but it was worth getting outta there!
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a single proprietoship is a business owned by one person.\na partnership is a business owned by more than one person.
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enterprise is a small form of company having only one owner, while corporation is a big one with more than one owners
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cooperative trading means that you work with eachother to sell pieces that are complementary.  Versus selling the whole deal and trying to keep your friends out.
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http://www.mycorporation.com/index.htm\n\nThis site will do all of the leg work for you.
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Hello !\n\nYou can use wikipedia site or a site with glossary of terms:\n\n\n© ßogdan @ CyE CORP.
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Owned by different companies based on different technology
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Please visit your local library to find answers for your homework.\n\nI recommend a business encyclopedia.\n\nGood luck!
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joint ventures you say...\nlet me just roll a spliff and ill think about it!
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Do you mean in terms of ownership structuring? I posted links to the Secretary of State for each state, just in case that's what you're looking for.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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A cooperative develops a community because all of the members of the cooperative have a personal interest in the success of the business or venture.  They don't hire employees because all the employees are, in a sense, stockholders.  When you have a personal stake in the business, there is more motivation to see that it becomes successful.  A cooperative in a community with successful members contributes to more prosperous people who, in turn, make the community prosper.
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A merger of businesses in UNRELATED lines.\n\neg the merger of a property company and a food company
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CORPORATION\n--------------------\nWhat sets the corporation apart from all other types of businesses is that a corporation is an independent legal and tax entity, separate from the people who own, control and manage it. Because of this separate status, the owners of a corporation don't use their personal tax returns to pay tax on corporate profits -- the corporation itself pays these taxes. Owners pay personal income tax only on money they draw from the corporation in the form of salaries, bonuses and the like.\n\n\nLIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES\n-----------------------------------\nLimited partnerships are usually created by one person or company, the "general partner," who will solicit investments from others -- who will be the limited partners.\n\nThe general partner controls the limited partnership's day-to-day operations and is personally liable for business debts (unless the general partner is a corporation or an LLC). Limited partners have minimal control over daily business decisions or operations and, in return, they are not personally liable for business debts or claims.\n\nCOMPARISONS\n----------------\nLLCs are similar to corporations because they also provide limited personal liability for business debts and claims. But when it comes to taxes, LLCs are more like partnerships: the owners of an LLC pay taxes on their shares of the business income on their personal tax returns.\n\nCorporations and LLCs make sense for business owners who either 1) run a risk of being sued by customers or clients or run the risk of piling up a lot of business debts, or 2) have a good deal of personal assets they want to protect from business creditors.
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It depends on the type of partnership. In a "regular" partnership, all the partners put in equal shares of money and they all have a say in how the money is used or invested. In a limited partnership, the principal partner(s) put up most of the money, but a number of limited partners put in smaller amounts. Only the principal partners get to say how the money is spent or invested.\n\nWhen the partnership ends, the partners get back a share of the profits based on how much they put in (called pro-rata) as a percentage of the total investment.\n\nBoth kinds of partners can add to the amounts they have invested while the partnership is still going.
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Sole proprietorship - where a person does business on his or her own.  Typically no governmental filing is needed to establish.\n\nPartnership - where a group of persons agrees to do business together, all having liability for the business and right to participate in management, also known as a general partnership.  Limited partnership is a special type, where general partner has full liability and right to manage the business, and limited partners have limited liability but no right to manage the business. Established by signing a partnership agreement.  Governmental filings also required in some states to establish, especially for limited partnership.\n\nCorporation - a separate legal person; owned by stockholders and managed by a board of directors.  Established by filing articles with secretary of state or other state office and issuing stock.\n\nLimited liability company - also a separate legal person, but can be managed by owners (members) without a corporate-type board.  Established by signing an operating agreement and also filing articles with secretary of state or other state office.
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Cooperation:  Working together because you want to or share a common goal\n\nCompliance:  Doing something because you must or risk consequences\n\nCompetition:  Working to outdo another, trying to reach a goal before someone else