Uncorporation

Description

An uncorporation may be formed in an effort to align managers' and owners' interests more closely than in a typical corporation, or may donate most of its profits to charity, or may pursue social responsibility goals that conflict with traditional corporate shareholder primacy. Equally, it escapes the regulatory supervision, checks and balances to which corporations are subject. Large firms structured as partnerships are sometimes regarded as uncorporations.

The rise of uncorporations resulted partly from costly corporate monitoring devices such as independent directors, owner voting, and fiduciary duties being often ineffective.

Types

Publicly traded partnerships, real estate investment trusts, hedge funds and venture capital funds are other types of uncorporations. A business trust is another type of uncorporation that has long been a competition of corporation as a form of business organization.

References

References

1. "Breadpig: About".
2. Larry E. Ribstein. (Winter 2009). "Partnership Governance of Large Firms". The University of Chicago Law Review.
3. Ribstein, Larry E.. (May 27, 2008). "Uncorporating the Large Firm". U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE08-016.
4. Sitkoff, Robert H.. (2005). "Trust as "Uncorporation": A Research Agenda". NYU Working Paper No. CLB-06-029.