Do Now 1. businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares 2. profits 3. total ownership of a product or service 4. ownership of businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process 5. owning all businesses in a certain field 6. a legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directors Horizontal Integration Monopoly Trust Dividends Corporation
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Do Now 1. businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares 2. profits
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Do Now1. businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares
2. profits
3. total ownership of a product or service
4. ownership of businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process
5. owning all businesses in a certain field
6. a legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directors
Corporation – businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares
Dividends - profits
Monopoly – total ownership of a product or service
Vertical integration – ownership of businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process
Horizontal integration - owning all businesses in a certain field
Trust – a legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directors
Andrew CarnegieWhen Andrew was 12, his family left scotland to immigrate to
the united states. He first worked in a cotton factory for $1.20.
While working for thomas scott, years later, he learned about industrial leaders and investing. By the 1890’s he was one of the world’s richest men. By the age of 64 his steel company
Cornelius VanderbiltHe was an American shipping and railroad
tycoon that helped create an 1800’s global transport network. He was called “commodore” because he made his fortune in shipping.
In the late 1840’s, Vanderbilt established the Accessory Transit Co. to move passengers and freight from New York to the California gold fields by way of central America. In the 1860’s, Vanderbilt added railroads to his transportation network by buying the controlling stock in the New York and Harlem railroad.
Soon Vanderbilt had taken over and consolidated the Hudson River and New York Central railroads.
After he became very wealthy, Carnegie donated 2,509 libraries to towns and cities throughout the world at a cost of more than $56 million.
His intention was that his libraries be “free to the people forever,” words that are often inscribed on the buildings. Many of these libraries are still in use today.