A dramatic change of ownership, regulation, and organisation of essential public services,
such as electricity, gas, and telecommunications, has taken place in Europe in less than 20 …

The present study aims to examine the relationship among core requirements of knowledge
management implementation, innovation, and organizational performance in the Iraqi …

The state capitalism literature emphasizes the new roles played by states in global politics
and domestic economies through heightened intervention and ownership of key resources …

This book analyzes privatization in Ireland, a European economy that has experienced
rapidly changing fortunes over the last thirty years. It examines the effects of privatization in …

Large-scale employee share ownership plans (ESOPs) have been a distinctive
characteristic of Irish public enterprise reform, with shareholdings of 14.9% being allocated …

This chapter identifies the leading internationalized healthcare companies headquartered in
developed economies, shows that most of them were founded, and are enduring examples …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify the structure of strategic investments and
the effect of each investment category on business performance in two leading information …

Highly leveraged buyouts (LBOs) of former state owned telecoms operators by private equity
groups have occurred in a number of countries in recent years. This paper examines the …

Waste management companies in developing countries often have to contend with a
plethora of factors that inhibit their business performance. The primary objective of this study …

Our article proposes an application of the Directional Distance Function (DDF) approach to
the fixed telecommunication field. In particular, we present an efficiency evaluation of …