We analyze differences in performance between private companies (PCs) and state owned enterprises (SOEs), with an emphasis on the effects of market structure. We use a comprehensive panel covering all registered companies during the 1990s in Norway, a country where SOEs play an important role in...

The paper evaluates the performance of the Takaful and insurance companies in Malaysia. It examines the impact of ownership, business model, and market structure on conventional and Takaful companies' performance. The inter-firm comparisons provide information about the performance and...