Business GCSE
Shareholder
What Shareholder means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Shareholder
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Reference: AQA, OCR
An individual or institution that owns a percentage of a limited company.
An individual or institution that owns a percentage of an incorporated company (Ltd or plc).
Topics that use Shareholder
- Business ownership (AQA GCSE)
- Stakeholders (AQA GCSE)
- Stakeholders in business (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Dividend
- External Stakeholder
- Internal Stakeholder
- Stakeholder
- Stakeholder conflict
- Business decision making
- Conflict and agreements
- Conflict between stakeholders
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