The transfer to private ownership and control of assets or enterprises which were previously under public ownership.
An industry whose ownership has been taken over by the state
A company whose shares are owned by the state, often in the prelude to privatization.
Economic principles underlying the policies of the Thatcher government in the UK from 1979 to 1990
A German institution established to privatize East German state-owned firms post-economic and monetary union in 1990.
