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Residual State Ownership, Policy Stability and Financial Performance Following Strategic Decisions by Privatizing Telecoms

Vaaler, Paul M.; Schrage, Burkhard N. - 2008

-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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Transformations of the State in Telecommunications

Bauer, Johannes M. - 2009

experience with privatization and liberalization was brought into a new light by the recent economic crisis. It is unlikely that …

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Thirty years after water privatization : is the English model the envy of the world?

Helm, Dieter - In: Oxford review of economic policy 36 (2020) 1, pp. 69-85

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Liberalization and Private Sector Involvement in the Water Industry : A Review of the Economic Literature

Massarutto, Antonio - 2007

The theoretical and empirical literature on water supply and sewerage liberalization is reviewed in this paper in order to discuss the potential for market creation and private sector involvement in this sector. The analysis is framed in the quot;policy roadmapquot; developed by regulatory...

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Privatising Network Industries

Newbery, David M. G. - 2021

Successful network utility privatisation requires incentive-based regulation that allows investment to be adequately rewarded from unsubsidised revenues while maintaining quality, and restructuring that permits effective competition for the network services. The potential for success and the...

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Privatization and Efficiency : Industry Effects of the Sale of British Airways

Eckel, Catherine C. - 2011

We analyze the effect of privatization on the performance of British Airways by examining the privatization's impact on … Airways' privatization, implying expectation of a more competitive British Airways. Closer rivals of British Airways … significantly upon privatization. The results suggest that a change from government to private ownership improves economic …

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No Time to Waste : Embracing Sustainable Procurement to Mitigate the Accelerating Climate Crisis

Schooner, Steven L. - 2021

Procurement professionals will increasingly be asked to play an important role in adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change. Unfortunately, we don't have time to waste, either feeling hopeless or waiting for changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and subsequent...

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'Global Civil Society' : A Sceptical View

Anderson, Kenneth; Rieff, David - 2013

The editors of the leading yearbook of global civil society studies offered to the authors of this article an opportunity to present a skeptical account of global civil society as the opening chapter in the 2004/5 yearbook. The article examines the standard account of global civil society as the...

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International Public Private Partnerships as Part of the Solution to Infectious Disease Threats : Operational, Legal, and Governance Considerations

Klock, Kevin A. - 2022

While global health law as a conceptual and academic field is relatively new, efforts to coordinate international measures against the outbreak and spread of disease are more than a century old. The history of global health law is, for the most part, a story of traditionally conceived sovereign...

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Leviathan in Business : Varieties of State Capitalism and Their Implications for Economic Performance

Musacchio, Aldo; Lazzarini, Sérgio - 2012

In this paper we document the extent and reach of state capitalism around the world and explore its economic implications. We focus on governmental provision of capital to corporations – either equity or debt – as a defining feature of state capitalism. We present a stylized distinction...

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