Firm

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Firm or The Firm can have several meanings:

• A partnership, limited liability partnership, company or corporation.
  • Architectural firm
  • Law firm

• An economic term, used to describe a collection of individuals grouped together for economic gain. Popularised in Ronald Coase's The Nature of the Firm (1937).

• A British English slang phrase for a criminal gang or a football hooligan firm

[edit] Organisations

• The Firm (EastEnders), a fictional organization in the British TV series, EastEnders
• The Firm, a London criminal gang run by the Krays
• Allegedly, the British Royal Family refers to itself as "the Firm"
• The Firm, a management company, located in California that represents many musicians, artists, and actors

[edit] Music and popular culture

• The Firm (book), a 1991 novel by John Grisham
• The Firm (film), a 1993 movie based on the book
• The Firm (1988 film), a British TV movie starring Gary Oldman
• The Firm (rock band), a British rock group formed in 1984 by Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers
• The Firm (group), a hip-hop music supergroup who released one album in 1997
• The Firm, a music act who were responsible for the 1987 UK No.1 hit Star Trekkin'