We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and … ownership improves economic performance, but domestic private ownership does not, relative to state ownership. Foreign firms … increasing profit. Ownership concentration is associated with superior performance, thus providing support to the agency theory …

We analyze the effects of ownership type and concentration on performance of a population of firms in a model large … that few types of private ownership improve dynamic post-privatization performance. Concentrated foreign (but not domestic …) ownership improves some measures of performance relative to state ownership. Foreign investors engage in strategic restructuring …

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and …, private ownership tends to be associated with superior performance in terms of some indicators but not others, and dispersed … ownership results in better or equal performance than more concentrated forms of ownership. …

The relationships between risk and performance were tested employing within and between analyses at the level of … total risk with performance were in the hypothesized negative direction. These findings suggest that when risk …-averse managers reduce total risk, the firm's carnings performance is enhanced. The hypothesized differences between strategic groups …

. However, most studies have ignored market barriers and farm income risk in explaining income diversification behaviour. This … study develops an analytical framework that includes both market barriers and farm income risk, in addition to other factors … barriers reduce the intensity of non-farm income diversification; and farm income risk increases the intensity of non …

expected income increase or resource allocation, whereas risk minimization is less relevant. Access to resources (labor …

diversification, transaction cost and production risk on input market participation decisions. This study develops an analytical … semi-arid eastern Kenya, at the farm level. Transaction costs and production risk negatively influence both the entry and …