Privatisation in developing countries: Performance and ownership effects

Development Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-308

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a,b   Cosset, Jean Claude ^b   Guedhami, Omrane ^c,d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Developing countries; Performance; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 41949092737     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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