Corporation

Japanese: corporation
Corporation

…Company [Egashira Kenjiro]
[Development History]
As a typical modern corporate form, the corporation has many characteristics, but at its core it has the basic characteristics of a company with legal personality and a joint venture that combines many individual capitals. In America, the term "corporation" emphasizes the former character, while in Britain, the term "joint-stock company" emphasizes the latter character. Theories about the origins of corporations often relate to these two characteristics.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "corporation" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…会社【江頭 憲治郎】
【発達史】
 株式会社は現代の代表的な企業形態として,さまざまの特徴をもつが,その根底には法人格をもつ企業,多くの個人資本を結合した共同企業,という基本的性格が認められる。株式会社をアメリカで〈コーポレーションcorporation〉というのは前者の性格を,イギリスで〈ジョイントストック・カンパニーjoint‐stock company〉という場合は後者の性格を強調した用語である。株式会社の起源をめぐる学説も,これら二つの性格にかかわることが多い。…

※「corporation」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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