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Deregulation in the electricity supply industry (ESI) is taking place globally and this paper analyses a case of reform …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the privatisation process and its impact on organisational change in the electricity industry in the Gambia. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative methodology was used for the study as qualitative techniques make use of a holistic...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between privatization of state‐owned enterprises … (SOEs), organizational change and performance. It explores the processes by which privatization affects corporate … expected to change. The evidence suggested that privatization brought about important alignments among the organization's goals …
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Purpose – The review of contemporary organisational change theories identified one theory which seemed relevant to explaining the organisational change phenomenon in public enterprises – Van de Ven and Poole’s (1995) Evolutionary Change Theory (ECT). However, further review of the...
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This article provides a framework for strategic adaptation to deregulation drawing on the lessons learned in the United … States. A firm can adapt to deregulation by the mix of productmarket and domain management strategies that it chooses. The … either of these at short notice, it is imperative that a firm that is faced with deregulation in its environment initiates …
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This paper explores the regulatory process of UK privatised utilities as manifest in the periodic review of prices. Two separate review processes are identified, operating concurrently – a covert dialogue between the regulator and the regulated and an overt dialogue taking place in the public...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the variance of post‐privatization performance outcomes by three … regression models were used for the study to link the likelihood of performance improvements after privatization with a set of …, including market openness, post‐privatization involvement of government and corporate reforms prior to privatization, in the …
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Discusses the issue of privatization and its relationship with the government. Answers the question of who should … privatization process in the United States and European countries. Finally explains why politicians do not resort to more private …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze certain organizational changes that occur after privatization. More … study approach. A multiple case study enables the comparison of pre- and post-privatization periods in five Spanish … not suffer from variation after privatization. Second, the interests of the firms’ new ownership have an impact on firm …
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