1st Edition
The Impact of Privatization Ownership and Corporate Performance in the United Kingdom
270 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Are resources allocated more efficiently through private ownership than through the public sector? The experiences of eleven newly privatised companies are examined to evaluate this hypothesis. With the Government's pro-privatization policies in place for over a decade, this is a prime time to evaluate theory versus reality.
List of figures, List of tables, Preface, List of abbreviations, 1 PRIVATISATION: THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, 2 BRIEF HISTORIES OF THE ORGANISATIONS STUDIED, 3 ASSESSING PERFORMANCE: PRINCIPLES AND METHOD, 4 COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY AND PRIVATISATION: THE EVIDENCE SO FAR, 5 PRIVATISATION AND PRODUCTIVITY, 6 ACCOUNTING RATIOS AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, 7 ESTIMATING TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, 8 THE IMPACT OF PRIVATISATION ON EMPLOYMENT AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF BUSINESS INCOME, 9 PRIVATISATION AND BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING, 10 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, APPENDIX, References, Index
Biography
Stephen Martin, David Parker
