1.   The bourgeoisie class own the means of production, the proletariat do not.

2.   Since managers are in control, they effectively own the means of production.

3.   But it did not own the means of production.

4.   The administration may not own the means of production but it controls them through bureaucratic direction.

5.   That transaction would have been the latest in a flurry of activity in which media companies have tried to own the means to both create and distribute programming.

6.   The proposed acquisition by New World is the latest attempt by media companies to own the means to both create and distribute programming.

7.   Having own products means that the enterprise has the added assets of products and knowledge which can be turned into cash.