parent company
Holding firm above
A parent company is a corporation that owns enough stock in another company to control its operations and policies.
The controlled business is called a subsidiary.
A single parent company may own dozens of subsidiaries across different industries: The parent company quietly acquired three competitors last year.
The structure allows separate branding while consolidating ownership.
Corporation spanning many industries
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- affiliateConnected member organization
- divisionSplitting into parts
multinational · corporation · enterprise · group · umbrella · franchise · brand · chain
Act of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- spinoffDerived work from original
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- divestitureDisposal of assets
takeover · buyout · integration · restructuring · absorption · carve-out · alliance · synergy
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- stakeholderParty with an interest
ownership · portfolio · assets · stock · capital · investor · securities · dividend
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- directionWay something faces
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
board · executive · director · leadership · stewardship · coordination · policy-making · guidance
Superior influence over others
- influencePower to affect others
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
reporting · hierarchy · centralization · decentralization · mandate · directive · regulation
conglomerate
Corporation spanning many industries
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- affiliateConnected member organization
division · multinational · corporation · enterprise · group · umbrella · franchise · brand · chain · spinoff
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- spinoffDerived work from original
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
divestiture · takeover · buyout · integration · restructuring · absorption · carve-out · alliance · synergy · expansion
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
stakeholder · ownership · portfolio · assets · stock · capital · investor · securities · dividend · profit
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- directionWay something faces
administration · board · executive · director · leadership · stewardship · coordination · policy-making · guidance · command
dominance
Superior influence over others
- influencePower to affect others
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
independence · reporting · hierarchy · centralization · decentralization · mandate · directive · regulation
- corporatecorporation, CEO, office, CFO, cubicle
- business typesbig business, business, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership
- businessesbusiness, bank, bakery, enterprise, firm
- corporate financecost of capital, investment, capital markets, NPV, debt financing
- corporate strategymergers, acquisitions, divestitures, divestiture, synergies
- Corporate Termssubsidiary, CFO, affiliate, division, merger
parent companysole proprietorship
Unincorporated individual-owned business
company, parent, parents, parenting, parental, grandparent, parenthood, grandparents, grandparenting