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theoretical arguments and empirical evidence about relationship between privatization and performance shows that the well …-accepted hypothesis of performance increase after privatization is still much debated. We develop a stakeholder approach of corporate …
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of the corporate governance theory suggests a renewal of the analysis of privatization which is still much debated … of Air France, partially privatized in 1999. The case shows the organizational impacts of privatization, both on the …
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We analyze the limit behavior of sequences of oligopolistic equilibria in which firms follow objectives consistent with their shareholders' interests. We show that the efficiency of the limit allocation depends on how firms' shares are distributed across consumers, and provide a characterization...
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Because of the costs involved in such exercises, current productivity measures do not necessarily fully take into account changes in the quality of goods and services over time. This paper outlines the derivation of measures that lead to quantification of the “community preference for its...
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The Two-Stage Least Squares (2-SLS) is a well known econometric technique used to estimate the parameters of a multi-equation (or simultaneous equations) econometric model when errors across the equations are not correlated and the equation(s) concerned is (are) over-identified or exactly...
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This paper analyzes the dynamics of cost efficiency scores in the Spanish banking industry during the 1985—1995 period and the way in which such dynamics are influenced by specialization. Efficiency is estimated by a nonparametric approach, and a model of distribution dynamics has been applied...
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In this article, we have used a stochastic frontier approach (SFA) in order to analyse the efficiency and determinants of the manufacturing firms from Central and Eastern Europe. The results reveal that firms from Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary have a higher efficiency than firms from Romania...
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This paper analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component. Stochastic production frontier approach is used to simultaneously estimate the production function and the determinants of technical efficiency in the software intensive...
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create mechanisms for administrative control of prices, through costs. Organizations and managers also put emphasis on cost … accounting and control. Expenditure control in the past, present and future is part of the work of all managers in a company …. Companies that try to make profit, focus on cost control that affect them directly. Also, knowing the costs, segmented by …
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The article is devoted to the analysis of efficiency of sugar companies of Ukraine and the ways of its improving. The decreasing return to scale and scale inefficiency for the majority of sugar companies are determined. The main factors of sugar plants inefficiency are defined. Developed...
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