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How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?*

Giles, John; Park, Albert; Cai, Fang - 2003

Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the nature and magnitude of shocks to employment and worker benefits during the period of economic structuring from 1996 to 2001, and evaluate the extent to which adversely affected...

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Virtual Reality: Barter and Restructuring in Russian Industry

Krueger, Gary; Linz, Susan J. - 2000

A general consensus in the transition economies literature links the existence of enterprise restructuring with the … whether the lack of economic growth is caused by the lack of enterprise restructuring. Complicating the debate in Russia is … the confusion regarding the role of barter transactions in enterprise restructuring. Much of the confusion is generated by …

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How Much Restructuring did the Transition Countries Experience? Evidence from Quality of their Exports

Kandogan, Yener - 2004

The increase in exports to market economies is a good sign, but it is not conclusive about the extent of restructuring … analysis of their exports’ quality, interprets the results for the extent of restructuring, and discusses the potential factors …

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Investment, Credit Rationing and the Soft Budget Constraint: Evidence from Czech Panel Data

Lizal, Lubomir; Svejnar, Jan - 2001

Strategic restructuring of firms through investment is key to a transition from plan to market. Using data on …

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From Wall Street to work floor: How private equity buyouts affect workers

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - 2023

Private equity buyouts have sparked debates among labor unions and worker representatives on how they affect workers. This chapter provides an overview of academic evidence on how private equity buyouts affect workers. We review the theoretical reasons why employees could be affected and then...

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Non-financial liabilities and effective corporate restructuring

Becker, Bo; Josephson, Jens - 2024

Many countries' insolvency systems focus on restructuring financial liabilities, and ignore operational liabilities … such as leases and long-term supplier contracts. We model insolvency procedures with and without operational restructuring … operating restructuring is a key aspect of insolvency. …

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PRIVATIZATION AND NEW ENTRY IN POST-COMMUNIST TRANSITION: THE IMPACT ON RESTRUCTURING

Vlasenko, Polina - 2004

This work suggests a connection between the lack of restructuring of the privatized firms in transition and the high … created private firms significantly affects the incentives of the privatized firms regarding restructuring. Since the entry of … use their political power to restrict the new entry. Given that the restructuring often involves politically unpopular …

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Examining the Choice Between Tracking Stocks and Minority Carve-out and Their Relative Performances

He, Wei; Mukherjee, Tarun K.; Wei, Peihwang - 2006

tightly controlled by their executives, and firms with greater financial strength prior to restructuring. The former two are …

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Innovation activities and competitiveness: Empirical evidence on the behaviour of firms in the new EU member states and candidate countries

Stojcic, Nebojsa; Hashi, Iraj; Telhaj, Shqiponja - 2011

This paper aims to explore the factors influencing the ability of firms to compete in globalised markets. The Austrian and evolutionary economics and the endogeneous growth literature highlight the role of innovation activities in enabling firms to compete more effectively - and expand their...

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Private equity, layoffs, and job polarization

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - 2015

Although private equity firms are often criticized for layoffs, little evidence exists regarding which employees lose their jobs and why. We argue that explanations for the job polarization process can also explain layoffs after buyouts. Buyouts reduce agency problems, which triggers automation,...

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