Term:
Majority ownership
Definition:

A single investor controls an enterprise by holding a majority (more than 50 %) of the voting power or of the shares, directly or indirectly. While majority ownership is the major criterion for determining control, it is not indispensable for exercising control. A government can exert control through a legislative decree or regulation, empowering it (the government) to determine the enterprise’s policy or to appoint (a majority of) directors

Domain:
Statistical Business Registers
Source:
Source: European Commission, Eurostat, "Foreign AffiliaTes Statistics (FATS) Recommendations Manual", Methodologies and Working papers, Publication Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2012.
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