Closely-Held Corporation

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Corporations

Corporate Players

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Business Forms

Sole Proprietorship Partnership Closely-Held Corp. Corporation

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Agency Cost Mergers & Acquisitions Transaction Cost Horizontal Integration Vertical Integration

A closely-held corporation is a business that has been incorporated, but is not traded on a stock market, and whose shares are only owned by a small group of people, typically a family or a group of socially related investors.