We undertake a study where we examine changes in the profitability, productivity and price recovery of firms in the U.S. telecommunications industry over a sixteen-year period. We assess the performance of thirty-three major companies in the local-exchange sector over six time periods 1975,...

This study examines the influence of foreign ownership on the performance of fmtis operating in India. Foreign ownership is categorized according to the control exercisable at different levels of ownership. These categories are, in turn, determined by the institutional structure of the Indian...

We examine the determinants of performance of 68 Indian state-owned enterprises in the manufacturing sector for a five-year period: 1987 to 1991. Relative performance is determined using data envelopment analysis, with variations in performance patterns subsequently explained using regression...

This paper presents an empirical criterion for establishing privatization priorities for state owned enterprises. The approach uses firm performance as the basis for deciding the sequence in which firms are privatized. Sequencing is relevant because the order in which a group of state...

Financing questions are important in assessing firms in regulated sectors, such as telecommunications, as they have high debt levels. Concomitantly, a regulatory innovation influencing firms behavior has seen ‘cost-plus' rate of return regulation giving way to incentive-based ‘price-minus'...

In this study, based on the reasoning that financial considerations in influence investment patterns within the context of a network industry, we evaluate the effects of lower access prices and cross subsidization on investments in bandwidth-expanding technology by local exchange carriers in the...

We evaluate the impact of the various mergers of the local exchange companies that took place between 1988 and 2001 on several measures of performance of the firms that have undergone the mergers. Our analysis reveals that relative cash flows decrease after mergers, the pattern of accompanying...

Horizontal ownership concentration and its consequences is an extraordinarily important contemporary topic. Yet, outcomes evidence is slim. Based on historical data, this retrospective analysis has assessed the impact of horizontal acquisitions on communications infrastructure investment, using...