1. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту:

1. What do you want to be busy with?

2. Do you want to go into business alone or with a partner?

3. With what partner do you get along well?

4. Imagine you run a shop. What will you do to attract customers?

5. Do you need to consult a lawyer, to make a right choice when starting the business?

6. Are you a careful person or do you like to run a risk?

7. What services and skills can you contribute in your business?

2. Найдите английский перевод следующих словосочетаний в тексте: Очевидно, частное предпринимательство, сфера услуг, модные бутики, с целью получения прибыли, владельцы, неограниченная ответственность, ограниченная ответственность, страхование, акция, акционер, несколько преимуществ производства, контроль качества.

3. Найдите синонимы:

stock credit

job share

loan overseas

owner work

in other countries proprietor

shareholder stockholder

4. Выберите необходимое слово и употребите его в предложении:

1. Partnership very often receive … from the government.

2. Limited partnership is a common form of ownership in … .

3. Partnership have many …, one is that they receive tax benefits from the government.

4. … are the partners with unlimited liability.

5. … has the authority in management but he is not known to public.

6. A secret partner takes part in … .

7. General partners have … .

8. One advantage of a partnership is that it offers a multiple source of … .

9. A partnership can bring much … to the partners

5. Прочитайте диалог, обсудите и разыграйте его.

Dialogue

We intend to organize a joint venture. What is the principal goal of it? To develop a commercial linkage between the Western company and our industrial enterprise. That’s clear, but you haven’t mentioned what the joint venture is going to produce. It will produce computers. And what are the business objectives? The principal business objectives are: to establish direct marketing to consult and assist the domestic production to advise and assist to the organization of export programs

Мы намереваемся создать совместное предприятие. Какова его основная цель? Развить коммерческую связь между западной компанией и нашим предприятием. Понятно, но Вы не упомянули, что это совместное предприятие собирается производить. Оно будет производить компьютеры. А каковы деловые цели? Главные деловые цели: установить прямые рыночные отношения консультировать и помогать отечественному производству советовать и помогать в организации экспортных программ.

6) Найдите слова и переведите их:

i	p	a	a	n	c	e	j	o	b	p
h	i	d	r	n	o	i	t	a	r	r
s	n	v	u	d	c	o	r	p	o	o
r	v	a	s	n	a	p	x	e	e	p
e	e	n	n	e	v	o	l	u	m	r
n	s	t	i	d	u	l	c	n	i	i
t	t	a	g	e	s	e	r	h	p	e
r	p	t	e	a	r	c	h	s	i	t
a	r	i	s	h	a	r	e	i	h	o
p	o	f	e	s	t	a	b	l	s	r
c	r	e	d	i	t	r	e	n	w	o

7) Прочитайте и переведите текст:

Should you have a partner?

It is best to make your decision concerning whether to have a partner by preparing a "for" and "against" list. The most common reasons for joining with another person to start the business:

• There is safety in numbers. In other words, you have two heads instead of one to discuss and make decisions. In the words of Solomon: "Two can accomplish more than twice as much as one. If one fails, the other pulls him up; but if a man falls when he is alone, he's in trouble. And one standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three is even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken."

• You will not need to be at the business at all times. You will have someone else who will be there to share the load and permit you to take a vacation and have sick time.

• You will also have a highly motivated co-worker, not just someone who is earning a paycheck.

• Partners can also be advantageous when they have complementary skills.

• It may be necessary to have a partner to contribute capital and share the risk when things do not proceed as planned.

Some of the arguments against having a partner:

• You will have to share the rewards if the business is successful.

• You will lose total control over the business, particularly if you and your partner have difficulty in making decisions.

• You will have to share the recognition that will come if the business is successful.

• A partner can be a disaster if his or her judgment is not good.

• You run the risk of a falling out and perhaps the necessity of one partner buying the other out if dissention arises.

Some of the things to consider in deciding whether a particular person will make a good partner are whether you have similar work habits, similar objectives concerning how to run the business and whether your strong points are similar or complementary. For example, different capabilities permit you to spread the workload and provide better coverage for problems.

Different capabilities may permit you to give each partner a veto over important decisions in his or her area of expertise to help maintain stability and eliminate conflicts. Finally, you may want to consider whether you should have a buy-sell agreement in the event of a disagreement, and how the purchaser will pay for the portion of the business he or she is buying (and whether you should fund the buy-sell agreement with insurance in the event of the death of a partner).

Лексика к тексту:

decision – решение, заключение

to concern – касаться, интересоваться, затрагивать

to prepare – готовить

instead of – вместо ч.-л.

to accomplish – достигать, выполнять

to fail – подводить, быть не в состоянии, терпеть

неудачу

to defeat – побеждать

to permit – разрешать, позволять

complementary – дополнительный, добавочный

skills – умения, мастерство, навыки

to contribute – пожертвовать, вносить

to proceed – продолжать, возобновлять

recognition – признание, распознавание, узнавание

to spread – распространять

workload – рабочая нагрузка

coverage – освещение, охват, покрытие

a veto – вето

expertise – экспертиза

to maintain – поддерживать, обслуживать, утверждать