Across
- 4. specialist investors (individuals or companies) who provide money for business purposes, often to new businesses
- 5. sale of new shares
- 8. basic systems and structures that a country or organisation needs in order to work properly
- 12. large business with significant production or service operations in at least two different countries
- 14. in the UK, a limited company whose shares are freely sold and traded, with a minimum share capital of £50 000 and the letters Plc after its name; other countries have similar arrangements with different letters after the company name German AG (Aktiengesellschaft), Czech a.s., Italian S.p.A. and Spanish, French, Polish, Greek and Romanian S.A.
- 15. document produced by a company that wants the public to buy its shares
- 16. an economy where the resources are owned and controlled by both the private and public sectors.
- 17. process of a company 'going public
- 18. rate at which goods are produced, and the amount produced, especially in relation to the work, time and money needed to produce them
- 19. shareholders are legally responsible for the debts of a company according to how many shares they own
- 20. business organisations that have a separate legal identity from that of their owners
- 21. the part of the economy that is owned and controlled by individuals and companies for profit.
Down
- 1. in the UK, a private company limited by shares, which means the liability of the shareholders to creditors of the company is limited to the capital originally invested, a shareholder's personal assets are protected, and with Ltd or Limited after its name; other countries have similar arrangements with different letters after the company name German GmbH, Polish sp. z o.o., Czech s.r.o., Italian s.r.l. and Slovak s.r.o.
- 2. business organisations owned and controlled by the state/government
- 3. someone who is in charge of a meeting or directs the work of a committee or organisation
- 6. market for shares in PLCs
- 7. the part of the economy that is controlled by the state or government.
- 9. market where it is more efficient to have just one organization meeting total market demand
- 10. official power to control an activity and to make sure that it is done in a satisfactory way
- 11. paying part of the costs (often by the government in business)
- 13. document needed before a new company can start doing business
- 15. collection (of business interests or products)
- 18. transfer of public sector resources to the private sector (business)
