LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE RANGE OF BUSINESS TYPES

1. PRIVATELY-OWNED BUSINESS
   1. Company
   2. Partnership
   3. Family
   4. Individual
2. PUBLICLY-LISTED BUSINESS
   1. Forest Company
   2. Mining Company
   3. etc.
3. PUBLICLY-OWNED BUSINESS
   1. Crown Corporation (Ocean Falls)
   2. Local Government Business (Duncan Tree Farm)
   3. College or School Board Business (Malaspina College: "Fast Track Training".)
4. CO-OPERATIVES
   1. Worker-Owned
   2. Member-Owned
   3. Mixture
5. NON-PROFIT SOCIETIES
   1. Voluntary Agencies
      1. For-profit business operating alongside non-profit services
      2. For-profit business spun-off from non-profit services
6. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS
   1. Business development, funding and operating corporations owned by the community (directors receiving no personal profit)
   2. Business development, funding and operating corporations with non-profit community services (directors receive no personal profit)
   3. Business development, funding and non-profit services but not direct business operations.
7. NATIVE BAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS