...Gloria Cuevas-Rodriguez; Jaime Guerrero-Villegas; Ramón Valle-Cabrera Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze certain organizational changes that occur after privatization. More specifically, the authors analyze from an agency theory perspective how changes at the corporate governance...

... better and more efficiency by making them operate more like private businesses (Diefenbach, 2009 ; Fernandez and Rainey, 2006). With the advent of NPM, management became an important orientation for public enterprises, replacing simple administration. Change remains an unending process in the life...

...Christopher J. Rees; John Hassard; Efa Yonnedi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between privatization of state‐owned enterprises (SOEs), organizational change and performance. It explores the processes by which privatization affects corporate performance through...

...Hsueh‐Liang Wu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the variance of post‐privatization performance outcomes by three institutional arrangements taken place in the process of ownership transfer in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach The logistic regression models were used...

... Privatization Developing countries The Gambia Privatisation, as a strategy to promote growth and economic development, has become a pervasive phenomenon in less developed countries (LDCs). It is estimated that around $250 billion in assets have been privatised in these emerging economies (Ramamurti...

.... Regulations Stakeholders Privatization Utilities United Kingdom Pricing When the UK Government initiated its process of privatisation of nationally owned utilities, one of the most controversial policies of recent times (Ogden and Anderson, 1995), it was felt necessary to compensate...

...Abbass F. Alkhafaji Discusses the issue of privatization and its relationship with the government. Answers the question of who should perform certain governmental services and why they should be performed by that particular organization. Compares the privatization process in the United States...