Privatisation in Central and Eastern Europe was introduced to encourage competition in companies with subsequent beneficial effects on company performance and market orientation. Companies have been privatised by four main methods in these countries depending on the company circumstances before...

Refrigerants are promising targets for private environmental governance initiatives. An unintended consequence of the 1987 Montreal Protocol was to increase demand for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are potent greenhouse gases. Global demand for air conditioning units and other...