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state-owned enterprise
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legal entity controlled by a government to undertake commercial activities
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Within Vinony's link graph, state-owned enterprise is referenced by 4,787 other articles, and connects out to state property, Public sector undertakings in India and Agence des participations de l'État.
It sits within the topics Government-owned companies and Types of business entity.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- legal form
- Subclass of
- public enterprise
- Part of
- state property
- Owned by
- state
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- topic's main category
- Category:Government-owned companies
- Commons category
- Government-owned companies
- partially coincident with
- public enterprise
- P11012
- Weybread
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Encyclopedic overview
A state-owned enterprise (SOE), also known as government-owned enterprise, is a business entity created or owned by a central or local government, either through an executive order or legislation. SOEs aim to generate profit for the government, prevent private sector monopolies, provide goods at lower prices, implement government policies, or serve remote areas where private businesses are scarce. The government typically holds full or majority ownership and oversees operations. SOEs have a distinct legal structure, with financial and developmental goals, like making services more accessible while earning profit (such as a state railway). They can be considered as government-affiliated entities designed to meet socialist objectives.
Terminology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “state-owned enterprise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.