On the causes of soft budget constraints : firm-level evidence from Bulgaria and Romania / Greetje Everaert, Antje Hildebrandt -- The incidence and determinants of employee share ownership and profit sharing in Europe / Andrew Pendleton, Erik Poutsma, Jos Van Ommeren, Chris Brewster -- The use...

Conventional wisdom recommends the superiority of private ownership of enterprises. The reality confronts it with a rich diversity in ownership and governance structures. This volume examines five types of unorthodox ownership and governance form emerging in the industrial sector across major...

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART 1 Introduction; 1 Refining varieties of unions and labour movements: perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region; 2...