Commercial activities

… Economically and socially, business refers to the integration of profit-making activities that are continuously and repeatedly performed and the financial organization that realizes those activities. In other words, there are both behavioral and organizational aspects, but since profit-making activities cannot be performed apart from the organization, and financial organizations are nothing but the sedimentation of business activities, the two are inherently related. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "profit-making activities" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…経済的･社会的には，営業とは，継続的･反復的に行われる営利活動およびその活動を実現するための財産的組織体を統合したものを指す。すなわち行為的側面と組織的側面があるが，営利活動は組織体を離れてはなしえず，財産的組織体は営業活動の沈殿にほかならないから，両者は内在的に関連している。…

※「営利活動」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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