1. An enterprise is an economic organization with specific interests as its purpose.
2. The enterprise is an independent legal person (the enterprise is not necessarily a legal person, but also a partnership enterprise and a sole proprietorship enterprise).
3. Enterprise is an integral part of social economy.
4. Enterprise is an economic operation system.
Generally speaking, an enterprise refers to a legal person or other social and economic organization that uses various production factors to provide goods or services to the market for profit, and implements independent operation, self-financing and independent accounting. Modern economic theory holds that enterprises are essentially "a mechanism of resource allocation", which can realize the optimal allocation of the whole social and economic resources and reduce the "transaction cost" of the whole society.
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Enterprises are divided into the following nine forms:
(1) It is divided into sole proprietorship enterprises, partnership enterprises and corporate enterprises according to the mode and responsibility of investors. Corporate enterprises are divided into limited liability companies and joint-stock companies.
(2) According to the different regions of investors, they are divided into domestic-funded enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises and enterprises invested by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan businessmen.
(3) According to the ownership structure, it can be divided into enterprises owned by the whole people, enterprises owned by collectives, private enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises.
(4) According to the responsibilities of shareholders to the company, it can be divided into unlimited liability companies, limited liability companies and joint stock limited companies.
(5) According to the credit rating, it can be divided into joint ventures, associated companies and associated companies.
(6) According to the type of company status, it can be divided into: parent company and subsidiary company.
(7) According to the scale, it can be divided into super-large enterprises, large enterprises, medium-sized enterprises, small enterprises and micro enterprises.
(8) According to economic sectors, it can be divided into agricultural enterprises, industrial enterprises and service enterprises.
(9) According to the health level of the enterprise, it can be divided into: relatively healthy improvisational enterprises, military enterprises and resilience adjustment enterprises, as well as relatively unhealthy passive enterprising enterprises, intermittent progressive enterprises, over-expanded enterprises and over-managed enterprises.
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