Overview

Privatization was the fundamental pillar of transition from plan to market in former socialist countries. But little is known about the fate of companies that were privatized in large scale privatization schemes such as mass privatization or management-employee buyouts. This is the first original study aiming to fill this gap. It assesses wholesale privatization schemes in three leading transition countries - the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia - in terms of the evolving concentration of ownership and relations to firm performance.

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Author:   B. Blaszczyk ,  Iraj Hoshi ,  Richard Woodward
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781403915375

ISBN 10:   1403915377
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   16 September 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Ownership and Performance in Transition Economies: An Overview; B.Blaszczyk, I.Hoshi, E.Kocenda & R.Woodward Slovenia: Ownership Performance of Mass-Privatized Firms; M.Simoneti, A.Böhm, M.Rems, M.Rojec, J.P.Damijan & B.Majcen Poland I: Ownership and Performance of Firms Privatized by Management-Employee Buyouts; P.Kozarzewski & R.Woodward Poland II: Ownership and Performance of the National Investment Funds and Their Portfolio Companies; B.Blaszczyk, M.Górzynski, T.Kaminski & B.Paczóski The Czech Republic: Ownership and Performance of Voucher-Privatized Firms; E.Kocenda & J.Valachy Mass Privatization and Endogenous Ownership Structure; I.Grosfeld & I.Hoshi Secondary Privatization: Summary and Lessons Learned; B.Blaszczyk, I.Hoshi & R.Woodward

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'The sixteen economists contributing to this study...provide some interesting insights into the different approaches to the transformation process adopted in each of these erstwhile Communist economies.' - Slavonic & East European Review</p>

'The sixteen economists contributing to this study...provide some interesting insights into the different approaches to the transformation process adopted in each of these erstwhile Communist economies.' - Slavonic & East European Review

Author Information

Barbara Blaszczyk is a Professor at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is a co-founder and President of the board of the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE Foundation), Warsaw, Poland. She served as adviser to the Polish government and Parliament in the years 1989-1996. Iraj Hoshi is Reader in Economics at Staffordshire University Business School, UK. He has acted as consultant and advisor to research institutions in Albania, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Poland, Romania and Russia. Richard Woodward is a member of the CASE Foundation in Warsaw. He is also their External Contacts Officer.

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