Talk:Business/Archives/2013

Political POV
It seems to me that quite a bit of the text in this article is more a libertarian or "right-wing" critique of business regulations within the United States than a description of the concept of "business" as a whole. I have made two relatively minor changes along these lines tonight, and plan to undertake a more detailed review of the article in the days ahead.

DrDeke (talk) 03:19, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Article seems US biased and not applicable to UK
In the UK most well known businesses are Limited Companies designated 'Bloggs Ltd'. We also have companies limited by guarantee. An important distinction is that a limited company is a 'Persona at Law', in other words it is like a person, and can go bankrupt or enter into legal agreements without claim on the people involved. These are NOT corporations. A corporation in the UK is something else, rare, and usually bigger, possibly municipal, and maybe listed on the stock exchange. A firm is a group of people not necessarily Ltd or partners. We also have the PLC or Public limited company. This should be made clear in the listing, but I have not made the changes because I do not claim to be absolutely sure of the legal distinctions without further research. Lindosland (talk) 12:38, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Absurdity in Lede
"Business plan and Business model determine the outcome of an active business operation" is grossly inaccurate. Rather, these are at most determinative of initially intended outcome. If the statement were true as phrased, any idiot with a biz plan would be guaranteed of its' realization. There are many factors that determine the business outcome and the stated ones are central in a lot but by no means all cases where there is biz success and their presence on the other hand is, trivially, not a sole, not even the main determinant of a desired outcome. 76.180.168.166 (talk) 04:23, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
 * You're absolutely right. I've removed that sentence. -- Neil N   talk to me  04:39, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed; thanks for removing the sentence. –Prototime (talk · contribs) 05:03, 3 August 2013 (UTC)