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The transfer of a business or an activity from state ownership and control into private ownership. | 1. | ||
The transfer of a business or an activity from state ownership and control into ownership by the private sector. | |||
Shares in the privatised business are usually listed on a stock exchange. | |||
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A corporate privatisation is a transfer of ownership from public equity markets (the stock exchange) to private equity ownership. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Nationalisation]] | * [[Nationalisation]] | ||
* [[Private equity]] | |||
* [[Private sector]] | |||
* [[Public sector]] | |||
* [[Taking private]] | * [[Taking private]] | ||
* [[Third sector]] | |||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
Revision as of 22:47, 2 May 2020
1.
The transfer of a business or an activity from state ownership and control into ownership by the private sector.
Shares in the privatised business are usually listed on a stock exchange.
2.
A corporate privatisation is a transfer of ownership from public equity markets (the stock exchange) to private equity ownership.
