Question: Who operates and controls a corporation in its day-to-day activities?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: Who typically operates and controls a corporation in its day-to-day activities?
Who operates and controls a corporation in its day-to-day activities that is favored in most common law countries?
Who operates and controls a corporation in its day-to-day activities that is common in civil law countries?
answer: a committee or by committees
individuals appointed by the members
board of directors
a supervisory board and a managing board
Natural Questions answer: individuals appointed by the members (from the Wikipedia article "Corporation")