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Shareholding system reform in China : privatizing by groping for stones
Ma, Shuyun - 2010
Since the 1980s, there has been a global wave of transfer of state assets to private hands. China is a relatively late …-Yun Ma argues that China's privatization is not based on any grand blueprint; rather, it is privatization by "groping for … participation in China's privatization and the role of the state -- 6. China's privatization through listing state enterprises in …
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Reforming China's state-owned enterprises and banks
Chiu, Becky - 2006
effectively privatised all of their former state enterprises, China is still endeavouring to find a way to reinvent and re …-engineer its own state-owned economic establishments. The authors explore these reforms along with the problems of China's state … China's WTO commitments. Drawing on wide-ranging case studies of enterprise reform, Becky Chiu and Mervyn Lewis combine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851561
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Globalization and the environment : risk assessment and the WTO
Kellow, Aynsley John (contributor);  … - 2001
One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with:...
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Concise introduction to global supply chain management
Kotabe, Masaaki - 2024
"Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and are expertly written by some of the world's leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts of business and management, and to offer insights that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512182
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Progressing performance and wellbeing at work : travelling the loop
Paauwe, Jaap - 2024
organizational performance may be achieved. Progressing Performance and Wellbeing at Work provides an indispensable overview of … engaging for practitioners and managers who are seeking to boost company wellbeing and performance. An intriguing contribution …
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The governance of network industries : institutions, technology and policy in reregulated infrastructures
Groenewegen, John (contributor);  … - 2009
Infrastructures are subject to substantial readjustments of governance structures, often labeled as liberalization, privatization or re-regulation. This affects all traditional infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport and water. This study highlights and illustrates...
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Deregulation and its discontents : rewriting the rules in Asia
Ramesh, M. (contributor); Howlett, Michael (contributor) - 2006
Deregulation and its Discontents examines the different ways in which the issues related to deregulation and reregulation have been addressed in Asia. The role of government in business has gone through distinct, if overlapping, cycles: regulation, deregulation and reregulation. However, little...
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Corporate governance, market structure and innovation
Calderini, Mario (contributor);  … - 2003
This book investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occurring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851058
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Competition and regulation in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2008
Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest. Numerous questions have arisen, including the role of regulation, funding the Universal Service Obligation, postal reform in Europe, Asia and North America, the future of national postal operators, demand and pricing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851294
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Utility privatization and regulation : a fair deal for consumers?
Ugaz, Cecilia (contributor);  … - 2003
The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original material from four Latin American countries - Argentina,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851393