holding company

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A company without significant operations that only holds ownership interests in other companies
A company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors
(Ekonomi) A wholly-owned subsidiary is a company whose stock is entirely owned by another company. The owner of a wholly-owned subsidiary is known as the parent company or holding company
(Ekonomi) A company that controls or owns another company or companies
a company with controlling shares in other companies
company that controls other businesses
A holding company is a company that has enough shares in one or more other companies to be able to control the other companies. A company controlling partial or complete interest in another company or other companies. a company that completely or partly owns other companies, as well as doing business itself. Corporation that owns enough voting stock in one or more other companies to exercise control over them. A holding company provides a means of concentrating control of several companies with a minimum of investment; other means of gaining control, such as mergers or consolidations, are more complicated legally and more expensive. A holding company can reap the benefits of a subsidiary's goodwill and reputation while limiting its liability to the proportion of the subsidiary's stock that it owns. The parent company in a conglomerate corporation is usually a holding company

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