Channels of restructuring in privatized Czech companies

Performance of Czech Companies by Ownership Structure

Our main finding is that ownership concentration in the Czech Republic is associated with improvements in the performance of operating companies, but only if ownership is concentrated in hands other than investment funds. We assessed the effects of ownership structure on economic performance by measuring the relationship between annual changes in performance and changes in the composition of ow...

Process Support of Business and IT Management in Czech Companies

Defined, monitored and measured processes are significant preconditions for a well process-managed company. They are also important conditions for delivering information technology resources as services. The model, which is based on service management, is described at the beginning of this paper. The main part of this paper focuses on the results of an extensive survey. This survey dealt with a...

Ownership Structure and the Temptation to Loot: Evidence from Privatized Firms in the Czech Republic

Group. We thank Dun and Bradstreet for providing us with data. The views expressed are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect those of the World Bank, its Board of Directors or the countries they represent. 2 Abstract This paper uses a new dataset to examine the issue of how the design of privatization affects outcomes. Prior studies of Czech privatization have focused largely on how t...

The Quality of Accounting Information of Private Companies in the Czech Republic

Restructuring Practices in Russian Provincial Companies and Their Impact on the East Gas Programme

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