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  2. Market allocation scheme - Wikipedia

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    According to Adam Smith, people of the same trade seldom meet without the conversation turning to conspiring ways to raise prices and defraud the public. [citation needed] Market allocation is generally regarded as illegal in the United States, unless the Department of Treasury or equivalent body authorizes it.

  3. Pyramid scheme - Wikipedia

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    A pyramid scheme is a business model which, rather than earning money (or providing returns on investments) by sale of legitimate products to an end consumer, mainly earns money by recruiting new members with the promise of payments (or services).

  4. Multi-level marketing - Wikipedia

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    Multi-level marketing (MLM), also called network marketing [1] or pyramid selling, [2] [3] [4] is a controversial [4] and sometimes illegal marketing strategy for the sale of products or services in which the revenue of the MLM company is derived from a non-salaried workforce selling the company's products or services, while the earnings of the participants are derived from a pyramid-shaped or ...

  5. Ponzi scheme - Wikipedia

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    A pyramid scheme is a form of fraud similar in some ways to a Ponzi scheme, relying as it does on a mistaken belief in a nonexistent financial reality, including the hope of an extremely high rate of return.

  6. Scheme of arrangement - Wikipedia

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    A scheme of arrangement (or a "scheme of reconstruction") is a court-approved agreement between a company and its shareholders or creditors (e.g. lenders or debenture holders). It may affect mergers and amalgamations and may alter shareholder or creditor rights.

  7. Performance-linked incentives - Wikipedia

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    PLI schemes can be applied in various other scenarios. One common scenario is government's PLI scheme to boost or transform the specific sectors of the industry, trade or commerce. Government's incentives to industry are of diverse types, such as government subsidy, tax incentive, cash payments, waiver of certain types, etc.

  8. What Does It Mean To Scale a Business? - AOL

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    Every business wants to grow. For many companies, that is their defining mission. But there are two ways to make a company larger. See Our List: 100 Most Influential Money Experts Also: 22 Side ...

  9. Incentive program - Wikipedia

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    An incentive program is a formal scheme used to promote or encourage specific actions or behavior by a specific group of people during a defined period of time. Incentive programs are particularly used in business management to motivate employees and in sales to attract and retain customers.