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Privatization, tunneling, and tax avoidance in Chinese SOEs

Tang, Tanya Y.H. - In: Asian Review of Accounting 24 (2016) 3, pp. 274-294

privatization process on listed firms’ tunneling activities and their interaction with tax avoidance. Design … privatization process on tunneling and the interaction between tunneling and tax avoidance activities. It extends prior studies by …

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The privatization process in Argentina: the case of the Buenos Aires subway system

Sanz, Luis; Leguizamón R., Francisco A.; Edelberg, … - In: Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración 28 (2015) 3, pp. 309-331

Abstract This case study examines the Argentinian privatization process that occurred in the early 1990s and which … played by a group of private companies in the privatization of the Buenos Aires Subway, an icon of the modernization of mass … and concerning the degree of public control that would be retained. It examines the effects of privatization on the …

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The meanings of social entrepreneurship today

Roper, Juliet; Cheney, George - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 5 (2005) 3, pp. 95-104

Purpose – Aims to explore the historical development and current usages of the concept of social entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper first examines the socio‐political conditions leading to business repositioning in the traditionally governmental role of catering to...

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Quasi‐privatisation and corporate governance: a process perspective

Mador, Martha; Springdal, Kent; Dixon, Sarah - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 5, pp. 595-606

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness and relevance of a four stage model of privatisation, based in institutional theory, to quasi‐privatised organisations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper studies a UK organisation with changing ownership, governance,...

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Business communication during cultural change

Borgulya, Ágnes - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 5 (2000) 4, pp. 181-185

Business and corporate culture in Hungary are undergoing a profound change. Although the first phase of transition to the market economy is complete, great efforts are still needed to bring the country – and business in general – to the point of readiness to join the EU. Legislative...

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Aviation organization flies high as technical staff learn commercial skills

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 21 (2013) 7, pp. 23-24

Purpose – Reveals that technical staff who used to be a breed apart from sales teams are finding that their roles have increasingly merged at a UK aviation organization as it competes with rivals. Explains that training is helping the technical staff to excel in their expanded role....

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Releasing middle management potential: part 1

Dixon, Philippa - In: Executive Development 8 (1995) 5, pp. 23-25

organizations in the UK formed the survey group, and their attitudes towards the process of privatization and the culture change …

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Releasing middle management potential: part 2

Dixon, Philippa - In: Executive Development 8 (1995) 7, pp. 11-13

Outlines some ideas to help companies create a culture which supports middle management development. Ideas are based on research findings among privatized companies and other academic research. Presents a number of recommendations to encourage organizations to re‐evaluate the role of their...

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Service orientation in transitional markets: does it matter?

Lynn, Monty L.; Lytle, Richard S.; Bobek, Samo - In: European Journal of Marketing 34 (2000) 3/4, pp. 279-298

Firms with a strong service orientation – that is, those whose organizational policies, practices, and procedures support service excellence – often have a competitive edge in mature Western markets. In transitional economies, however – such as within the newly opened markets of Central...

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Preliminary reflections on the privatization policy in Nigeria

Etieyibo, Edwin - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 4 (2013) 1, pp. 144-152

Purpose – Like many developing countries, Nigeria embarked on the privatization of many of its state owned enterprises … Nigerian policy on privatization and commercialization, has continued with the exercise. The first phase of the privatization … programme began in 1988 under the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization (TCPC) and ended in 1993, and the …

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