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De la prédation à la rente, émergence et stabilisation d'une oligarchie capitaliste dans la métallurgie russe (1991-2002)

Durand, Cédric - In: Géographie, économie, société 6 (2004) 1, pp. 23-42

capitalist oligarchy finds its origin in the predatory behaviors authorized by the modalities of the privatization, the …

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User satisfaction and the organization of local public transport: Evidence from European cities

Fiorio, Carlo V.; Florio, Massimo; Perucca, Giovanni - In: Transport Policy 29 (2013) C, pp. 209-218

In recent decades, market-opening policies in local public transport (LPT) have impacted most European countries. However, we can observe a high degree of variability in possible LPT arrangements, from public monopolies to open markets. This work addresses the following research question: How...

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Employee Ownership, Board Representation, and Corporate Financial Policies

Ginglinger, Edith; Megginson, William; Waxin, Timothée - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

French law mandates that employees of publicly listed companies can elect two types of directors to represent employees. Privatized companies must reserve board seats for directors elected by employees by right of employment, while employee-shareholders can elect a director whenever they hold at...

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Prospects and Challenges of Privatization of Agricultural Extension Service in Bangladesh

Uddin, Md. Ektear; Qijie, Gao - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and rural Development 3 (2013) 7, pp. 477-487

Globally there has been a growing interest towards the privatization of agricultural extension services. Privatization … learned from the world review indicates that though some developed countries went for complete privatization of agricultural … extension services, the most of the developing countries still remaining in the process of gradual privatization on a partly …

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Politicians and the IPO decision: The impact of impending political promotions on IPO activity in China

Piotroski, Joseph D.; Zhang, Tianyu - In: Journal of Financial Economics 111 (2014) 1, pp. 111-136

This paper shows that incentives created by the impending turnover of local politicians can accelerate the pace of initial public offering (IPO) activity in certain politicized environments. Focusing on China, we exploit a research setting where politicians are rewarded for capital market...

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The effect of power distribution privatization on electricity prices in Turkey: Has liberalization served the purpose?

Karahan, Hatice; Toptas, Mehmet - In: Energy Policy 63 (2013) C, pp. 614-621

power distribution privatization in Turkey on the national end-user electricity prices. Results of the analysis suggest that … privatization of electricity distribution companies has not yielded the expected retail price declines within the first 4 years of … indicate that the factors behind the unsatisfactory outcomes of the program should be explored in order for the privatization …

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Privatizing a Government Sponsored Enterprise: Lessons from the Sallie Mae Experience

Lea, Michael J. - Networks Financial Institute, Scott College of Business - 2006

privatization has been proposed. There are many challenges associated with privatizing large, complex and politically powerful … describes the rationale for privatization, the constraints to the process, the reorganization structure and the effect of … privatization on Sallie Mae and the student loan market. The key elements of the privatization process and structure are highlighted …

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How Privatization Became a Train Wreck

Morris, Eric - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 2006

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TRANSPORT SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PERMFORMANCE: ALBANIAN CASE

Besa Shahini Ph.D - In: Revista Tinerilor Economisti (The Young Economists Journal) 1 (2010) 15, pp. 148-157

Albanian economy, is progressing to achieve its own major improving the overall wellbeing and at the same time to fulfill the obligations for regional and European integration. There is a gap between the demands of country development and the situation in the transport sector. Being conscious...

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Opportunities for Acquisition and Outsourcing

Hunya, Gabor - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2005

This new, annual publication of wiiw replaces the former wiiw-WIFO Database on FDI. It has become more detailed, containing some 2500 times series, and is more user-friendly than the former one. The wiiw Database on FDI is available in print and PDF as well as on CD-ROM. The latter version...

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