Supporters of these publicly funded but privately owned and operated entities claim that their primary purpose is to provide parents with choices. (jonathanpelto.com)
This seems to be the case even though, increasingly, most companies seem to have become basically investment vehicles rather than merely operating entities. (mjwhitman.pressbooks.com)
Even when an ongoing business is dismantled, many of its component parts are not actually liquidated but instead are sold intact as operating entities. (greenbackd.com)