The Politics of Public Enterprise

The Politics of Public Enterprise
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9781400886210
ISBN-13 : 140088621X
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Synopsis The Politics of Public Enterprise by : Harvey B. Feigenbaum

Through a study of French petroleum policy over the last fifty years, Harvey B. Feigenbaum presents a theoretical analysis of public enterprise and a general analysis of the relationship of state to society. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Public Enterprise Economics

Public Enterprise Economics
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : 9781483193236
ISBN-13 : 1483193233
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Synopsis Public Enterprise Economics by : Dieter Bös

Advanced Textbooks in Economics, Volume 23: Public Enterprise Economics: Theory and Application focuses on economics, mathematical economics, and econometrics, including microeconomics, marginal-cost pricing, taxes, and income effects. The manuscript takes a look at the essential parts of public sector pricing models, normative optimum theory, and normative piecemeal theory. Discussions focus on welfare improvements with non-tight constraints, welfare -improving increases of public inefficiency, conditions for optimal prices and quantities, compensating for income effects, and conditions for optimal quality. The book then ponders on marginal-cost pricing, Ramsey pricing, rate of return regulation, and pricing with distributional aims. Topics include comparing distributional and allocative pricing, prices versus taxes, optimum Ramsey policy, influence of Ramsey prices on allocation, distribution, and stabilization, and consequences for allocation, distribution, and stabilization. The publication examines bus and underground services in London, economic theory and empirical analysis, and different approaches towards optimal quality, including empirical studies on bus and underground demand, organizational and political history, and microeconomics of the representative consumer. The book is a valuable source of data for researchers interested in public enterprise economics.

Public Enterprise and Local Place

Public Enterprise and Local Place
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781351110976
ISBN-13 : 1351110977
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Public Enterprise and Local Place by : John Fenwick

This book presents the key interactions in local government and public enterprise, drawing together the challenges for local governance in the practice of public entrepreneurship and its response to collaboration, place and place making. Specifically, this book includes the impact of local partnerships and public entrepreneurs in local policy implementation. It is written by established authors bringing together their experience and practice of local partnerships and public entrepreneurship in place-based strategies, and will be of value to local government, new forms of enterprise partnerships, wider agencies and public entrepreneurship scholars as well as policymakers responsible for implementation of place-based regeneration. This text will be of key interest to students, scholars and practitioners in public administration, business administration, local government, entrepreneurship, public sector management and more broadly to those with interests in public policy, business and management, political science, economics, urban studies and geography.

Public Goods, Public Enterprise, Public Choice

Public Goods, Public Enterprise, Public Choice
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 0333607252
ISBN-13 : 9780333607251
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Public Goods, Public Enterprise, Public Choice by : Lionel Orchard

'A brilliant critical and fresh look at the public choice school of thought.' - Paul Streeten This book challenges theories of public goods, public enterprise and public choice on three fronts. Government action reflects wider interests and commitments than just the material self-interest assumed as primary by the three theories. Government contributes to the productivity and quality of the modern mixed economy in ways not captured by theories stressing the inherent superiority of private markets. Lastly, old and new ideas within established traditions of political thought justify government action beyond the libertarian argument for limited government.

The Politics of Public Sector Performance

The Politics of Public Sector Performance
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9781317934547
ISBN-13 : 1317934547
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Politics of Public Sector Performance by : Michael Roll

It is widely believed that the state in developing countries is weak. The public sector, in particular, is often regarded as corrupt and dysfunctional. This book provides an urgently needed corrective to such overgeneralized notions of bad governance in the developing world. It examines the variation in state capacity by looking at a particularly paradoxical and frequently overlooked phenomenon: effective public organizations or ‘pockets of effectiveness’ in developing countries. Why do these pockets exist? How do they emerge and survive in hostile environments? And do they have the potential to trigger more comprehensive reforms and state-building? This book provides surprising answers to these questions, based on detailed case studies of exceptional public organizations and state-owned enterprises in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East. The case studies are guided by a common analytical framework that is process-oriented and sensitive to the role of politics. The concluding comparative analysis develops a novel explanation for why some public organizations in the developing world beat the odds and turn into pockets of public sector performance and service delivery while most do not. This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, development, organizations, public administration, public policy and management.

Public Enterprise at the Crossroads

Public Enterprise at the Crossroads
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9781134949588
ISBN-13 : 1134949588
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Public Enterprise at the Crossroads by : John Heath

In many parts of the world public enterprise is in crisis. Privatisation programmes are being widely touted as the solution to many of the problems of inefficiency and slow rates of growth associated with public enterprise. This book discusses the underlying causes of those problems, and critically examines some of the solutions that have been adopted. Its geographical coverage is wide and it cuts across the political spectrum. The experiences of countries in four continents are analysed in an attempt to shed light on current dilemmas. Recurrent patterns are found; problems are frequently seen to be political as much as economic, and bureaucracy and administrative confusion is often found to be at the heart of poor financial performance.Yet since political aims, economic environment, and administrative and managerial capabilities vary so widely, universal solutions remain more difficult to define than universal problems.

Economic Theory of Public Enterprise

Economic Theory of Public Enterprise
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 153
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ISBN-10 : 9783642455230
ISBN-13 : 3642455239
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Economic Theory of Public Enterprise by : D. Bös

State Holding Companies and Public Enterprises in Transition

State Holding Companies and Public Enterprises in Transition
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781349230105
ISBN-13 : 1349230103
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis State Holding Companies and Public Enterprises in Transition by : Anjali Kumar

'...very valuable for both policy-makers and researchers...' Professor Athar Hussain, Director, Development Economics Research Programme, STICERD, The London School of Economics and Political Science 'The really novel idea is to bring together the experience of three rather diverse countries and then to discuss Eastern Europe in the light of this experience. State holding companies are likely to play a major role in Eastern Europe over the next ten years or more but very little has been written on them and few of the people advising the East Europeans have any real knowledge about them.' Professor Robert Rowthorn, University of Cambridge '...rich and substantial...' Professor John Toye, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex '...most informative...The conclusions are appropriately restrained, well-balanced and wise...The emphasis on the differences between portfolio management and enterprise management is a distinction that East Europe will eventually have to learn.' Raymond Vernon, Emeritus Professor, John F.Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Large and poorly performing state-owned enterprises pose a problem for countries attempting to move away from government controls towards more liberal economic environments. Privatization is an unproven solution which is proving difficult to implement on a major scale. Intermediate solutions may therefore prove to be the way forward. This book focuses on one of these: the state holding company. It first discusses the state holding company as a managerial form, which permits decentralised public enterprise management, and offers a framework for its analysis. Then, drawing upon the experience of both developed and developing countries, it examines the extent to which the indirect state ownership of public enterprises through holding companies can contribute to transition processes. It shows that the experience of countries like Italy, Egypt and Algeria has direct relevance for institutional structures evolving in the newly transforming countries of Eastern Europe, which are struggling to find a balance between public enterprise ownership and efficiency.

The Politics of Knowledge

The Politics of Knowledge
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 0226467805
ISBN-13 : 9780226467801
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis The Politics of Knowledge by : Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

The Carnegie Corporation, among this country's oldest and most important foundations, has underwritten projects ranging from the writings of David Riesman to Sesame Street. Lagemann's lively history focuses on how foundations quietly but effectively use power and private money to influence public policies.