JOUR 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Microsoft Powerpoint
9 May 2018
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JOUR 302-Lecture #12
Bell Work: What is the difference between public and private companies?
March 8
1. PowerPoint- public businesses
2. Students read and mark up Chapter 8 handout. Focus on:
a. Publicly held businesses-stocks, shareholders, etc.
b. Private businesses
c. Nonprofit businesses
d. Non-US
• When would it be useful to research economics?
➢ If you’re writing about a public company, figure stuff out, and report on what they are
doing
➢ Back then it was a big thing to know how to research-jobs were scarce
Public Businesses
Traits of a Privately Held Company:
1. The company is owned by its founders
2. Management of the group is through private investors.
Examples: Cargill, Vinny’s Pizza
Examples of Public Companies
1. Microsoft
2. Walmart
3. Sprint Nextel
