An uncorporation is an unorthodox form of large business organization. The term appears[according to whom?] to embrace any unincorporated business.
Description edit
An uncorporation may be formed in an effort to align managers' and owners' interests more closely than in a typical corporation, or may donate most of its profits to charity,[1] or may pursue social responsibility goals that conflict with traditional corporate shareholder primacy. Equally, it escapes the regulatory supervision, checks and balances to which corporations are subject. Large firms structured as partnerships are sometimes regarded as uncorporations.[citation needed]
The rise of uncorporations resulted partly from costly corporate monitoring devices such as independent directors, owner voting, and fiduciary duties being often ineffective.[2]
Types edit
Publicly traded partnerships, real estate investment trusts, hedge funds and venture capital funds are other types of uncorporations.[3] A business trust is another type of uncorporation that has long been a competition of corporation as a form of business organization.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Breadpig: About". Archived from the original on 2012-02-01.
- ^ Larry E. Ribstein (Winter 2009), "Partnership Governance of Large Firms", The University of Chicago Law Review, 76 (1): 289–309, JSTOR 27654703
- ^ Ribstein, Larry E. (May 27, 2008), Uncorporating the Large Firm, U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE08-016, SSRN 1003790
- ^ Sitkoff, Robert H. (2005), Trust as "Uncorporation": A Research Agenda, NYU Working Paper No. CLB-06-029, SSRN 1291617