'In the golden days of the Washington consensus privatization was viewed as one of the central pillars of successful development. Ideology and interests triumphed over economic theory and experience both of which noted the difficulties posed by privatization and its limitations. Through a series...

Foreword / by Bob Wessels -- Historical perspectives -- The history of corporate turnaround management : personal reflections / Donald Bibeault -- Business rescue, turnaround management and the legal regime of default and -- Insolvency in western history (late middle ages to present day) / Dave...