[Einführung und Motivation ...] Die Studie bietet eine erste Orientierungshilfe für Praxis und Wissenschaft. Sie leistet damit auch eine notwendige Basis für weiterführende vergleichende Analysen des Beteiligungsberichtswesens im internationalen Kontext. In Kapitel 2 werden Relevanz von und...

Exploiting a unique institutional feature of the early Romanian privatization setup, when a group of firms was explicitly barred from any privatization, we test how politicians select firms into privatization programs. Using a comprehensive dataset that includes all firms inherited from...

Exploiting a unique institutional feature of the early Romanian privatization setup, when a group of firms was explicitly barred from any privatization, we test how politicians select firms into privatization. Using comprehensive data that includes all firms inherited from socialism, we estimate...

With the help of a peculiar institutional feature of early Romanian privatization, when a group of firms was explicitly banned to become private, we test which factors contributed to the selection of firms into long-term state ownership. We find that politicians sheltered large and inefficient...

This paper analyses the employment adjustment of state- and privately-owned companies before and during the global crisis. Using Hungarian data, it finds that the net job creation rate is similar across the two ownership types before the crisis, but during the crisis state-owned companies have a...

This paper presents a case study of the Asian Development Bank's StateOwned Enterprise (SOE) Reform and Corporate Governance Program Loan that was aimed at supporting fundamental and sensitive reforms in Viet Nam's transition. It examines the context of SOE reform involving Viet Nam's unique,...

Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung in der Sowjetunion gibt Seitz einen Überblick über die Struktur des (Konsumgüter-) Groß- und Einzelhandels in der UdSSR und versucht eine Bilanz der bisherigen Privatisierungsanstrengungen zu ziehen. Er kommt zu dem Schluß, daß...

Die Branchenkonjunktur in der Entsorgungswirtschaft war zur Jahresmitte 2007 angesichts des anhaltenden Wirtschaftsaufschwungs und der damit steigenden Nachfrage nach Entsorgungsdienstleistungen von einem ausgesprochenen Optimismus geprägt und auf Umsatzwachstum ausgerichtet. Ein Problem...

This study comprises an introductory section and three essays analysing Russia's economic transition from the early 1990s up to the present.The papers present a combination of both theoretical and empirical analysis on some of the key issues Russia has faced during its somewhat troublesome...

In this paper, we provide an explanation of why privatization may attract foreign investorsinterested in entering a regional market. Privatization turns the formerly-public firm into a lessaggressive competitor since profit- maximizing output is lower than the welfare-maximizingone. The drawback...