State-owned enterprise
LEGAL ENTITY CONTROLLED BY A GOVERNMENT TO UNDERTAKE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
Crown corporation; Crown Corporations; Crown Corporation; State-Owned Enterprise; State-owned enterprises; State owned enterprises; State-Owned Enterprises; State-owned corporation; State owned enterprise; State-owned company; Government owned corporation; Government Sponsored Entity; Government sponsored entities; Federally sponsored agencies; State-owned entities; Public Enterprise; Public-sector undertaking; Municipal ownership; State enterprise; Government corporation; State-owned Entreprise; Publicly-owned company; Publicly owned company; Crown corporations; Parastatal; State Owned Enterprises; Provincial Crown Corporation; Government-linked company; Government Linked Companies; State-controlled company; Government-owned corporations; Government-owned companies; Company owned by the government; Para-statals; Para-statal; Government business enterprise; Government-linked companies; State-run enterprise; Quasi-governmental organization; Quasi-governmental corporation; Quasigovernmental; Quasi-governmental agency; Quasi-governmental business; Quasi-governmental entity; State Corporation; Parastate agency; Public Sector Undertaking; Government-owned company; Public Sector Undertakings; Public Sector Enterprises; Government Sponsored Enterprises; Public sector enterprise; State corporation; Quasi-public; State company; Public sector undertaking; State Enterprise; Quasi governmental corporation; Quasigovernmental corporation; Quasi-governmental company; Government Corporation of the United States; Government-owned enterprise; State Owned Enterprise; Municipal-owned corporation; National railway; Government business enterprises; State entities; Government corporations; Semi-government; Semi Government; Public enterprise; Nationally owned company; Parastatal company; Government-linked corporation; Federal state unitary enterprise; State owned company; Government company; Government-owned corporation; State-owned companies; State-owned Enterprise; State owned companies; Public state-owned corporation; Public sector unit; State owned corporation; Parastatals; State-owned entity; Public sector units; Quasi-governmental; Public sector corporation; Govt company; State-owned limited company
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) or government-owned enterprise (GOE) is a business enterprise where the government or state has significant control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership. Defining characteristics of SOEs are their distinct legal form and operation in commercial affairs and activities.