Stephen Martin, David Parker
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.|
Privatization will be a key issue in the run up to the general election
Contains detailed studies of individual firms
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
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Stephen Martin, David Parker
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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
