Firm 130748 224783081 2008-07-10T11:49:39Z 87.243.152.85 {{wiktionary}} '''Firm''' or '''The Firm''' can have several meanings: *Any [[business entity]] such as a [[corporation]], [[partnership]] or [[sole proprietorship]]. This more general meaning is used in [[macroeconomics]] (in terms such as [[ideal firm size]]). *The word ''firm'' is sometimes used in a more restrictive sense to refer to a business group of [[professional]]s, such as [[law firm]], [[architectural firm]], securities/financial firm (such as [[private equity]]), or [[Consulting|consulting firm]]. This use can be seen in phrases such as [[white shoe firm]]. Contrast with [[Sole proprietorship|sole practitioner]]. *[[British slang]] phrase for a [[Organized crime|criminal gang]] or [[Football hooliganism|football hooligans]] (see [[list of hooligan firms]]). ==Organizations== *Organizations called The Firm: **The Firm, a criminal gang active in the [[East End of London]], once run by the [[Kray twins]] **The [[British Royal Family]], allegedly referred to as the "the Firm" by family members **[[Secret Intelligence Service]] (SIS or MI6), one of the [[United Kingdom]] [[Intelligence agency|intelligence agencies]] **[[McKinsey & Company]], a large [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[management consulting]] firm **Firmaet, an [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] [[private intelligence agency]] in [[Demark]] run by former [[Danish resistance movement|Danish resistance movement leader]] [[Arne Sejr]] **[[The Firm Skateboards]], a skateboard company that shut down in 2006. ==Music and popular culture== *[[The Firm (EastEnders)]], a fictional organisation in the British TV series, ''EastEnders'' *[[The Firm (novel)|''The Firm'' (novel)]], a 1991 novel by [[John Grisham]] **[[The Firm (1993 film)|''The Firm'' (1993 film)]], a 1993 movie based on the book *[[The Firm (1988 film)|''The Firm'' (1988 film)]], a British TV movie starring [[Gary Oldman]] *[[The Firm (band)]], a British rock group formed in 1984 by [[Jimmy Page]] and [[Paul Rodgers]] *[[The Firm (group)]], a hip-hop music supergroup that released one album in 1997 *[[The Firm (Star Trekkin')]], a music act that produced the 1987 UK #1 hit "[[Star Trekkin']]" *[[The Firm (pop group)]], a London-based pop group *The F.I.R.M., a fictional organization in the TV series ''[[Airwolf]]'' *[[The Firm (TV series)|''The Firm'' (TV series)]], a 2007 [[Malaysia|Malaysian]] corporate [[reality television]] programme. *[[The Firm, Inc.]], a Beverly Hills-based talent management company headed by Jeff Kwatinetz ==See also== *[[FIRM]] {{disambig}} [[de:The Firm]] [[fr:The Firm]] [[nl:The Firm]] [[pl:The Firm]] [[ru:Фирма]]