Dieser Aufsatz analysiert die Reform der deutschen Eisenbahn im Jahre 1994. Er geht auf die Notwendigkeit der Reform ein, stellt das Konzept der Regierungskommission Bundesbahn dar und behandelt die Umsetzung dieses Konzepts. Er geht auf die Kritik an der Bahnreform ein, die von verschiedenen...

"Sergio G. Lazzarini is the Chafi Haddad Professor of Management at Insper in Brazil. He is the Director of Insper Metricis, a center dedicated to the study of impact management and measurement. Sergio has held visiting positions at Harvard University (2010, 2012), University of St Gallen...

Marode Schulen und Krankenhäuser, explodierende Mieten in städtischen Zentren, steigende Preise für Wasser, Gas und Strom, geschlossene Filialen der Deutschen Post, "Verzögerungen im Betriebsablauf" bei der Deutschen Bahn - dies alles geht auch auf den großen Ausverkauf der öffentlichen...

This book addresses the EU as powerful driver of the wave of privatizations in the network industries and public services since the early 1990s. Based on theoretical arguments and empirical studies it examines the impact of these policies on what is regarded as the normative pillars of the...

This significantly expanded and updated edition revisits the process of institutional change: its characteristics, determinants and implications for economic performance. New chapters address the significance of Post-Communist transition; the differences and importance of initial conditions in...

This book analyzes privatization in Ireland, a European economy that has experienced rapidly changing fortunes over the last thirty years. It examines the effects of privatization in terms of corporate performance, public finances and the distributional aspects of privatization including the...

This book argues that the right-wing revolution in the United States has created deepening inequality and will lead to economic catastrophe. The author makes the case that over the past three decades the rich have confiscated wealth and income from the poor and middle class to a far greater...

it is increasingly apparent that the privatization experiment in sub-Saharan Africa has failed. This book shows that the state is set to dominate service delivery for the foreseeable future in much of the region, and that the public sector must be considered as a viable policy option for the...