Public Enterprise at the Crossroads

List of contents

Part 1. Introduction 1. Survey of Contributions John Heath Part 2. Surveys of Practice and Principle 2. Public Enterprise in Less Developed Countries Colin Kirkpatrick and Ramesh Adhikari 3. Some Issues of Principle - the case of British Telecom Esther Brimmer and David Thompson Part 3. Country Experiences 4. State Owned Enterprise Reform in China Hua Sheng and Du Haiyan 5. Four Decades of Public Enterprise in Hungary Zoltan Roman 6. Liberalisation and Privatisation in India Y. Venugopal Reddy 7. The Public Enterprise Sector in Malaysia Mavis Puthucheary 8. Public Enterprises in Francophone Africa Alfred H. Saulniers 9. Public Enterprise in Argentina: The Experience of the Radical Government 1983-1989 Horacio Boneo and Enrique Waterhouse 10. Privatisation in Chile William P. Glade 11. The Effectiveness of Public Enterprises in Greece Spyros K. Lioukas and Demetrios B. Papoulias

About the author

John Heath

Summary

By examining countries in four continents this book discusses the underlying causes of the problems associated with public enterprise, and critically examines some of the solutions that have been adopted.

Product details

• Assisted by: John Heath (Editor), Heath John (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.1990
• EAN: 9780415044721
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04472-1
• No. of pages: 316
• Weight: 750 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, privatization, Management & management techniques, Management and management techniques, Civil service and public sector, Civil Service & Public Sector