.... Privatization Investment funds Ownership Participation Poland The Polish programme of National Investment Funds (NIF) is a particular form of mass privatisation. Mass privatisation implies the possibility of a mass participation of the population in the distribution of the state property rather than...

.... Bearing in mind that the financial situation in the state enterprise deteriorates virtually day after day, this objective is mostly justified. Bulgaria Privatization Corporate governance Financial institutions Striving to shorten the time period necessary for the huge transfer...

...Marián Vitkovicˇ Although mass privatizations in Slovakia had the same starting point as those in the Czech Republic, mass privatisation in Slovakia led to a different ownership structure, which also partly reflects the different industry structure. Proximately to political decision making...

...Jürgen G. Backhaus Mass privatization is one form of changing the property rights regime of formerly publicly‐owned means of production in the former peoples’ republics of Central and Eastern Europe. From an economic point of view, the central question at this transition is whether the change...

... are quoted on the Stock Exchange in Warsaw from the beginning of May 1997. New and controversial roles of management firms are discussed in this paper. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Poland Privatization Investment funds Shares A state run economy, in force in the post‐war Poland for over 40...

...Jan Hanousek; Evžen Kočenda This paper discusses the privatisation process in the Czech Republic and its influence on corporate governance. While in 1989 the private sector totalled less than 1 per cent of the GDP, at the end of 1996 more than 70 per cent of the GDP was produced by the private...

... Limited 2003 Corporate governance Structures Privatization Property rights This study covers mass privatisation in Central and Eastern Europe, in particular the programs launched in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. It deals with issues of corporate governance...

.... A contrast of state‐run, collective and private enterprises is used to illustrate the rapid changes which now place Latvia at the forefront among post‐Soviet reformers. This analysis of the early progress and problems forms a foundation for considering the reform prospects across the former Soviet Union...