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state-owned enterprise

vr.tr.state-owned-enterprise · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain state-owned enterprises, their governance and roles, find information on specific enterprises from official sources, and describe policy debates neutrally.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain state-owned enterprises, their governance and roles, find information on specific enterprises from official sources, and describe policy debates neutrally.

A business entity owned wholly or mainly by a national, regional or local government, operating commercially or providing public services such as utilities, transport, health care and postal services, including forms such as public corporations, state companies and regional operating enterprises; state-owned enterprises are governed by public ownership rules and corporate governance guidelines.

What it is for: Public ownership of commercial and service enterprises.

It can be identify whether an enterprise is state-owned; explain governance and accountability; find official information and reports; describe privatisation and policy debates neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Government ownership

Public or commercial mandate

Special governance rules

Policy-sensitive

What it looks like

Not physical; legal entities in registers and public accounts.

How it is recognised

Government ownership or control

Public service or commercial mandate

Regulated private companies are not state-owned

Related models

is a kind of - category

public enterprise

is a kind of - category

government organization

is contrasted with - private ownership

privately held company

provides - in public health systems

health care

In practice

Families and kinds

national state companies

regional and municipal enterprises

public utilities and transport operators

public health care enterprises

sovereign wealth holdings

Standards and regulation

OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

National public ownership and procurement laws

State aid and competition rules

Failure modes and hazards

Political interference

Opaque accounts

Partisan framing of privatisation debates

Also called

public hospital in ItalyAzienda Socio Sanitaria TerritorialeLandesbetriebLandesbetrieb für Verkehrregional health authoritycombineState Commercial CompanyEPEPublic Interest OrganizationsArea Electricity Boardrepublican unitary enterpriseState-owned enterprise of TaiwanLagos State Neighborhood Safety Agencyštátny podnikMalaysian state-owned enterpriseLagos State Waterways Authoritystate-owned enterprise of BelarusKōdanJapanese Regional Companyconsumer services centreBelgian state-owned companyunincorporated state enterprisenárodní podnikMoroccan state-owned enterpriseChinese state-owned enterprisestate-owned enterprise in Kazakhstanstate enterprisepublic-law institutionstate-owned enterprise of New ZealandGovernment Corporation and Statutory Agencystate media companystate owned enterprise of IndonesiaDecentralized serviceintercommunalemixed public companystátní podnikfully government-owned limited company in Norwayannet foretak ifølge særskilt lovPerusahaan Umumhealth establishments

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identify Ownership and mandate.

Official sources.

Ownership

Who owns it.

Ownership

Ownership.

  1. Which government owns or controls this enterprise, and what is its legal form? provenance
  2. What is its mandate? provenance

Reports

Accounts and reports.

Reports

Reports.

  1. Where are its annual reports and accounts published? provenance
  2. How is it audited? provenance
Govern Governance.

Guidelines exist.

Board

Boards and oversight.

Board

Governance.

  1. How is the enterprise governed, and how does the state exercise ownership? provenance
  2. Which OECD guidelines apply? provenance

Accountability

Public accountability.

Accountability

Accountability.

  1. How is the enterprise accountable to parliament and the public? provenance
  2. How can citizens raise concerns? provenance
Services Public services.

Users and rights.

Users

Service users.

Users

Service users.

  1. Which services does the enterprise provide, and what are user rights and complaint routes? provenance
  2. Which regulator oversees quality? provenance

Procurement

Doing business with it.

Procurement

Procurement.

  1. How can suppliers bid for contracts with this enterprise? provenance
  2. Which procurement rules apply? provenance
Policy Debates.

Neutral attribution.

Privatisation

Ownership debates.

Privatisation

Debates.

  1. What positions exist on privatisation or nationalisation of this sector, attributed to their proponents? provenance
  2. What does the evidence say, according to independent studies? provenance

International

Trade and competition.

International

Trade and competition.

  1. How are state-owned enterprises treated in trade and competition law? provenance
  2. Which disputes are notable? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each enterprise be a separate entry?
  • How should ownership registers be linked?
  • How should policy debates be attributed?
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