Question

State-owned enterprises differ from privately funded companies because _______.

• A. public companies can never belong to individual shareholders
• B. public ownership involves workers in the running of the company then in the private sector.
• C. they are funded out by government, funded from taxation.
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A public companies can never belong to individual shareholders

In a private funded companies the shareholders of the company are individuals. They can own the shares individually. But in a public limited company the shares of the company are owned by the government of that state and not individually. Hence, state-owned enterprises differ from privately funded companies because public companies can never belong to individual shareholders.