Owners, Debtors, Executives, Employees, Customers and Suppliers - and the Externalizations (i.e. governments, regulations, treaties).
The purpose is whatever the owners want it to be, in the context of that balance of power.
Sometimes Execs or Employees have incredible power.
As a supplier to a monopsony like Apple, the 'purpose' may largely be dictated by that relationship.
Company owners tend to want to make money, the do so typically by growing.
To the extent that externalizes are minimized, there's nothing wrong with that.
Sometimes externalizations are unavoidable (i.e. imagine a Starbucks on every corner of every street), ergo, it can't make sense, but it's not always the case.
Owners, Debtors, Executives, Employees, Customers and Suppliers - and the Externalizations (i.e. governments, regulations, treaties).
The purpose is whatever the owners want it to be, in the context of that balance of power.
Sometimes Execs or Employees have incredible power.
As a supplier to a monopsony like Apple, the 'purpose' may largely be dictated by that relationship.
Company owners tend to want to make money, the do so typically by growing.
To the extent that externalizes are minimized, there's nothing wrong with that.
Sometimes externalizations are unavoidable (i.e. imagine a Starbucks on every corner of every street), ergo, it can't make sense, but it's not always the case.