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  3. Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The end of the 19th century saw the emergence of holding companies and corporate mergers creating larger corporations with dispersed shareholders. Countries began enacting antitrust laws to prevent anti-competitive practices and corporations were granted more legal rights and protections. The 20th century witnessed a proliferation of laws ...

  4. History of sociology - Wikipedia

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    Sociology as a scholarly discipline emerged, primarily out of Enlightenment thought, as a positivist science of society shortly after the French Revolution.Its genesis owed to various key movements in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of knowledge, arising in reaction to such issues as modernity, capitalism, urbanization, rationalization, secularization, colonization and imperialism.

  5. Category:Companies established in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    Food and drink companies established in the 19th century (98 C, ... Holding companies established in the 19th century ... Leek Embroidery Society; S.

  6. Holding company - Wikipedia

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    A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. [1] A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own stock of other companies to form a corporate group. In some jurisdictions around the world, holding companies are called ...

  7. Management - Wikipedia

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    French civil service examinations adopted in the late 19th century were also heavily based on general cultural studies. These features have been likened to the earlier Chinese model. [52] Various ancient and medieval civilizations produced "mirrors for princes" books, which aimed to advise new monarchs on how to govern.

  8. Early history of private equity - Wikipedia

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    The early history of private equity relates to one of the major periods in the history of private equity and venture capital.Within the broader private equity industry, two distinct sub-industries, leveraged buyouts and venture capital experienced growth along parallel although interrelated tracks.

  9. Corporate group (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    For example, social corporatism and corporate statism divides society by capitalist, proletariat and government, and sometimes even further. The degree to which these interest groups are autonomous parties in collective bargaining is crucial in the placement on the spectrum between syndicalism and fascism .