by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is a Proxy Fight? A proxy fight (also known as a “proxy contest”, “proxy battle”, or “proxy war”) is an effort by the shareholder or group of shareholders of a corporation to convince other shareholders to cast their corporate...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is an Operating Subsidiary? A registered business entity partly owned (50% +) or fully owned (100%) by another company is called a subsidiary. The owning company can be referred to as the holding company or a parent company. A subsidiary operates independently...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is Preferred Stock? Preferred stock is stock in a corporation with preferential rights. All corporations issue common stock as a baseline class of ownership. The company may then issue other classes of stock with rights that differ from those of the common...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is Par Value? The face value that a bond has is said to be its par value. It is significant for an instrument of fixed income and a bond. The reason of its importance is that the par value estimates the maturity value of a bond. The coupon payments have a dollar...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is an Advisory Board? Large corporations seek the services of field experts, former board members, or successful investors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs to observe and advise on business decisions by the board, as Board Advisors or Board Observers. This...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is Codetermination? Codetermination is an arrangement in which the management works together with the workers when making decisions relating to issues in their workplace and even voting for representatives. In developed democracies, there are laws that require...
