With persisting slower growth worldwide and in China, over-capacity in some heavy industry sectors, declining profitability, and intensifying competition from other, lower-cost emerging economies, corporate behaviour in China needs to change and focus more on efficiency and sustainability. This...

Herausforderungen an die Unternehmenskommunikation bei Privatisierungen öffentlicher Unternehmen -- Konzeption der Analyse der Akzeptanz von Privatisierungen öffentlicher Unternehmen -- Analyse der Akzeptanz von Privatisierungen öffentlicher Unternehmen -- Zusammenfassung und Implikationen.

Credit scoring was introduced in India in 2007. We study the pace of its adoption by new private banks (NPBs) and state-owned or public sector banks (PSBs). NPBs adopt scoring quickly for all borrowers. PSBs adopt scoring quickly for new borrowers but not for existing borrowers. Instrumental...

The present paper analyzes the top ten Italian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the period 2004-2013, after both their corporate organization and their markets have been deeply reformed. We question whether SOEs' strategies are more profit or public oriented. The authors find that, on...