1. organized, controlled, or operated as a corporation or according to corporate principles and practices

1. past tense and past participle of corporatize; to convert into or organize as a corporation; to subject to corporate control or structure

Examples

• The hospital became corporatized after the merger with a large healthcare chain.
• Many small family businesses have been corporatized over the past decade.
• The university's corporatized structure prioritizes efficiency and revenue generation.
• Once the nonprofit was corporatized, decision-making became more centralized.
• Critics argue that education has become too corporatized, focusing on profit rather than learning.
• The corporatized approach to public services has drawn both praise and controversy.
• Local governments corporatized their utilities to improve financial management.