Editing State ownership (section)

== State-owned enterprise ==
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A state-owned enterprise is a commercial enterprise owned by a government entity in a [[capitalist]] market or [[mixed economy]]. Reasons for state ownership of commercial enterprises are that the enterprise in question is a [[natural monopoly]] or because the government is promoting [[economic development]] and [[Industrialisation|industrialization]]. State-owned enterprises may or may not be expected to operate in a broadly commercial manner and may or may not have [[monopoly|monopolies]] in their areas of activity. The transformation of public entities and government agencies into government-owned corporations is sometimes a precursor to [[privatization]].

[[State capitalist]] economies are capitalist market economies that have high degrees of government-owned businesses.