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corporatization

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  • noun The privatization of a publicly-owned organization
  • noun The imposition of corporate values or practices; commercialization

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Examples

  • Moving government owned assets or functions into corporate hands, as with Blackwater, Halliburton, and the conglomerates now controlling public highways, prisons, and drinking water systems is "corporatization," not the soft imagery of going

    Words in the service of corporate masters. 2009

  • Over the weekend, the NYT's hand wringing editorial over the "corporatization" of university research has sparked debate in the patent community see Patently-O, Patent Docs, Patent Hawk, IPBiz.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Peter Zura 2008

  • Over the weekend, the NYT's hand wringing editorial over the "corporatization" of university research has sparked debate in the patent community see Patently-O, Patent Docs, Patent Hawk, IPBiz.

    Why Academia Takes Profits Over Wonder Peter Zura 2008

  • Beijing's real agenda since the late 1990s has been "corporatization," or creating state giants that can compete with Western multinationals, says Donald Clarke, an expert on Chinese law at George Washington University.

    The New State Capitalists 2007

  • With all the consolidation and "corporatization" that's happened to the publishing industry, not to mention the evolution of media in general and its impact on how publishing works, literary agents in particular have it much harder these days than they did in the '60s, '70s, and '80s.

    Ain't We got Fun! Miss Snark 2006

  • Transmission (electricity grid), and Eskom Enterprises (non-core and unregulated businesses) - and the "corporatization" of the utility by mid-year.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • The "corporatization" of Western universities has led to an increased focus on efficiency at the expense of social justice because education is approached as an enterprise, history professor Russell Rickford said at Thursday's teach-in.

    TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799. 2010

  • The "corporatization" of Western universities has led to an increased focus on efficiency at the expense of social justice because education is approached as an enterprise, history professor Russell Rickford said at Thursday's teach-in.

    TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799. 2010

  • Education, which is a defense of indoctrination (the "lost soul" in the title refers to the alleged "corporatization" of the university and its interests).

    Schrecker and Me at Brandeis - David Horowitz - Townhall Conservative 2010

  • The "corporatization" of Western universities has led to an increased focus on efficiency at the expense of social justice because education is approached as an enterprise, history professor Russell Rickford said at Thursday's teach-in.

    TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799. 2010

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