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We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor … describe the post-privatization ownership structure and to test the effect of alternative privatization policies on firm … and domestic blockholders, but insider and mass privatization are also estimated to have positive, although smaller …
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This paper is the first to investigate an alternative approach of privatization: privatizing only a subsidiary of a … portion of the firm's stocks to private investors (entirety privatization), we consider only a subsidiary of the public firm … is privatized (subsidiary privatization). We find that subsidiary privatization not only improves social welfare …
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-controlling or "residual" state ownership framework, grounded in credible privatization and institutional theory. We propose that: 1 … signals state support for managerial initiatives; 2) the passage of time since initial privatization negatively affects … turn negative at higher state ownership levels. CARs turn sharply negative within 1-2 years from initial privatization …
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. Over time, this effect increases. An alternative "credible" privatization perspective suggests that retention of … CARs and time since initial privatization for telecoms from emerging markets. The influence of residual state factors on …
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State that came along with a privatization wave, which was characterized by the dismantling of local monopoly. For many … governments, the privatization of SOEs is considered an effective mean that would improve economic efficiency and external … competitiveness, and would also reduce public deficit. This paper analyzes the impact of privatization on the performance of SOEs in …
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This paper investigates the impact of governance structure on firm performance (i.e., retail prices) using a database of 765 German water suppliers. Controlling for scale economies as well as technical and structural characteristics, we find that private sector participation is accompanied with...
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This paper presents an analysis of the roles and performances of the major public enterprises (MPEs) from the energy, transportation, communication and construction sectors in Turkey between 2005 and 2013. The recent governmental policy towards the PEs presents differences based on sectors. The...
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We study the effect of board governance in state-owned and private banks by undertaking a study of commercial banks in India that has both bank groups. Covering a ten-year period from 2003 to 2012 that witnessed a large number of governance reforms in India, the results of our empirical analysis...
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Network embeddedness is an essential determinant of enterprise innovation, but the mechanism of its impact on innovation performance remains unclear. Based on resource dependence theory, this study analyzes the influence of structural embeddedness and relational embeddedness on innovation...
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Nonprofits provide services for the common good and are having an increasing influence on the economy over time. There is consensus among prior studies in for-profit settings that social capital positively influences corporate financial performance. In contrast, this study analyzes the...
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