In the category of commodity economy, as one of the various modes of organizational unit, according to certain organizational rules, an organic economic entity generally aims at profit, maximizing the interests of investors, customers, employees and the public, and exchanging income by providing products or services.
Company: A profit-making enterprise legal person established in China according to the Company Law, including limited liability companies and joint stock limited companies. It is a form of enterprise organization formed in the market economy to meet the needs of socialized mass production.
It refers to the organizational form of enterprises, and corporate bodies for profit have been highly developed in capitalist society. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), private companies carried out socialist transformation. State-owned industrial, commercial, construction, transportation and other departments to implement independent economic accounting management institutions and some cities according to the industry classification of professional management institutions, also known as companies.
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The difference between a company and an enterprise:
1, with different organizational forms. The company has a relatively strict organizational structure, which is not necessarily the case in other enterprises.
2. Competition in different fields. Companies and other enterprises are the main body of market economy and participate in market competition, but many enterprises only focus on production and do not provide social services.
3. Different financing methods. If a company is approved, it can publicly issue shares, while other enterprises can only issue bonds and cannot be converted into companies.
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