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Sigma KEE - Business
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Business
An instance of Business is an Organization that is a CommercialAgent.
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Parents CommercialAgent An AutonomousAgent that provides products and/or services for a fee with the aim of making a profit.
  Organization An Organization is a corporate or similar institution. The members of an Organization typically have a common purpose or function. Note that this class also covers divisions, departments, etc. of organizations. For example, both the Shell Oil Corporation and the accounting department at Shell would both be instances of Organization. Note too that the existence of an Organization is dependent on the existence of at least one member (since Organization is a subclass of Collection). Accordingly, in cases of purely legal organizations, a fictitious member should be assumed.
Children AgencyA Business whose customers are all other CommercialAgents, e.g. staffing agencies, food-service providers, etc.
 Bakerya type of Business that specializes in the production and selling of the result of the process Baking
 CorporationAn Organization that has a special legal status that allows a group of persons to act as a CommercialAgent and that insulates the owners (shareholders) from many liabilities that might result from the corporation's operation.
 CrematoriumAn instance of Crematorium is a Business that incinerates corpses, reducing them to ashes.
 EntertainmentCompanyAny Business whose services include Performances. This class covers nightclubs, commercial live theaters, and comedy clubs.
 FinancialCompanyThe class FinancialCompany includes, as subclasses, FinancialBank, CreditUnion and SavingsAndLoan.
 FuneralArrangerAn instance of FuneralArranger is a Business that enbalms dead Human bodies and conducts Funerals.
 InsuranceCompanyA Business that insures Agents for the payment of a premium or premiums.
 PartnershipA Business that is owned by more than one person.
 ProprietorshipA Business that is owned by a single person.
 RestaurantAny Business whose services include selling Food to customers which is intended to be eaten on the premises.
 TransportationCompanyA Business whose services include Transportation, e.g. a RailroadCompany, an airline, a cruise ship line, etc.


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