Showing 1 - 10 of 12
Introduction : toward better practices in systemic corporate restructuring / Michael Pomerleano -- Ch. 1. Synopsis of conference papers / William Shaw -- Ch. 2. Policy approaches to corporate restructuring around the world : what worked, what failed? / Stijn Claessens -- Ch. 3. Recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479685
Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This paper presents the findings of a study, initiated by the multi-donor Global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393512
"This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394113
"The authors study the effect of reorganization costs on the efficiency of bankruptcy laws. They develop a simple model that predicts that in a regime with high costs, the law fails to achieve the efficient outcome of liquidating unviable businesses and reorganizing viable ones. The authors test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522092
"Since the early 1980s, China has begun gradually integrating with the global system. In doing so the country has moved toward its own unique brand of market socialism, which recognizes private ownership, and is adopting market institutions and pursuing industrial change within the framework of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522254
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522823
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524366
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524424
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525909
This Country Economic Memorandum subscribes to the overall direction of the reform program mapped out by this body of work and it goes deeper in three important areas: (1) public sector management, (2) labor markets and education and (3) science and technology policy. Chapters 2-4 of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553136