Does privatisation improve financial performance Evidence from Jordan

Does privatisation of vocational rehabilitation improve labour market opportunities? Evidence from a field experiment in Sweden.

This paper analyses if privatisation of vocational rehabilitation can improve labour market opportunities for individuals on long-term sickness absence. We use a field experiment performed by the Public Employment Service and the Social Insurance Agency in Sweden during 2008-2010, in which over 4000 participants were randomly offered private and public rehabilitation. We find no differences in ...

Does Decentralized Organization Improve Individual Performance? Evidence from Journalists

In this paper, I explore a natural experiment of organizational change from decentralization to centralization in a leading Chinese newspaper. Using a di¤erences-in-di¤erences approach, I …nd that centralization substantially increases the journalists’performance in the dimension desired by the newspaper. I provide evidence that the journalists whose jobs are potentially associated with larger ...

Does Information Technology Capability Improve Bank Performance? Evidence from Turkey

The aim of this paper is to examine whether the Information technology (IT) capability of a bank can create economic value and competitive advantage. In contrast to previous research, which generally concentrated on the effects of IT investment on competitive advantage, this paper examines IT capability directly. Based on a sample of 15 banking firms, this paper investigates the effects of IT c...

Preliminary Does Mandated Financial Counseling Improve Mortgage Decision-Making? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Privatisation and Indigenous Ownership: Evidence from Africa

: In recent years, privatization has become common across Africa, reversing the long-term growth in state ownership of business enterprises. Many have interpreted this as entailing the abandonment of the developmental objectives that state enterprises were established to pursue. Others, however, have suggested that the privatization process can itself provide a new means through which the same ...