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joint venture

Swedish translation: konsortium

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English term or phrase:joint venture
Swedish translation:konsortium

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21:58 Jun 29, 2010
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
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Additional field(s): Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: joint venture
Definition from Wiktionary:
A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.

Example sentence(s):
  • As there are good business and accounting reasons to create a joint venture (JV) with a company that has complementary capabilities and resources, such as distribution channels, technology, or finance, joint ventures are becoming an increasingly common way for companies to form strategic alliances. e-COACH
  • IAS 31 requires that the venturer should recognise in its financial statements the assets that it controls, the liabilities that it incurs, the expenses that it incurs, and its share of the income from the sale of goods or services by the joint venture. IAS PLUS
  • After year three, Morgan Stanley and Citi will have various purchase and sale rights for the joint venture, but Citi will continue to own a significant stake in the joint venture at least through year five. Morgan Stanley
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Alejandro Cavalitto
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konsortium
Definition:
"Konsortium (av lat. consortium; 'sällskap', 'gemenskap'), bildad sammanslutning (ibland formell genom avtal) av och mellan personer eller företag, för att göra en gemensam affär, ha gemensamma vinstintressen o.s.v.
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konsortium


Definition from Wikipedia:
"Konsortium (av lat. consortium; 'sällskap', 'gemenskap'), bildad sammanslutning (ibland formell genom avtal) av och mellan personer eller företag, för att göra en gemensam affär, ha gemensamma vinstintressen o.s.v.

Example sentence(s):
  • Exempel på konsortium är de företag som stod för utvecklingen av RISC-processorn PowerPC samt Unicode. I Sverige är konsortier oftast organiserade som enkla bolag. På engelska motsvaras detta av Joint Venture. - Wikipedia (ibid.)  

Explanation:
Can also be called a "samriskföretag" according to FAR English-Swedish Dictionary
Paul Lambert
Sweden
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