India is one of the most significant countries of Asia, particularly in terms of its population and growing economy and markets. India has rapidly moved from a 'command and control' economy to free-market principles, and in this regard, one of the major reforms revamped the competition law. The...

Congress recently has passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which leaves most elements of the current postal regulatory framework (postal monopoly, state owned enterprise) unaltered. Similar regulatory frameworks have been established in the U.S. and the European Community....

This paper studies the returns of non public firms acquisitions. Like the American studies do, we show the existence of a “non public firms acquisition effect” for the European multi-acquirer firms: abnormal returns are much higher for non-public firms (subsidiaries or private held firms)...

State capitalism is reemerging today. Some governments, notably newly emerging economies such as China and Russia and oil producing countries in the Middle East are placing much emphasis on state-led economic development, and they are making much use of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to achieve...

State immunity for state-run enterprises remains important in the age of globalization. This is indicated by the adoption of the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property on 2 December 2004. In this short article the reader is introduced to the basics of...