A STUDY ON THE BENEFITS OF PARTNERSHIPS

Abstract

Various studies have been done on partnerships and there benefits for several years. This article focuses on partnerships as business entities as well partnerships that have occurred between large organisations with citations of examples from both the global and Zambian perspective.  The focus of this article is to describe the features of partnerships and outline the various benefits that accrue from most forms of partnerships. The information in article is entirely collected through secondary research, specifically from scholarly articles in legal studies, accounting and finance, various text books in law, accounting and finance and journals from professional bodies. The emphasis of the article is mainly focused on institutions with the Zambian background, although examples are cited from other countries.