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An Assessment of the Performance of Indian State-Owned Enterprises
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-03)
We examine the determinants of performance of 68 Indian state-owned enterprises in the manufacturing sector for a five-year period: 1987 to 1991. Relative performance is determined using data envelopment analysis, with ...
The Composition of Capital and the Rate of Profit: A Reply to Laibman
(Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1998)
In response to a critique by Laibman (1996) of earlier work (Thompson 1995) exploring the effect of technical change and accumulation on the real wage rate and thus, via the Okishio Theorem, the rate of profit, it is ...
Software Process Models and Project Performance
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-10)
In this paper we review the progress in software process research and the role of process improvement in enhancing business outcomes of software projects. We first describe the process view of software development. Next, ...
On the Sequencing of Privatization in Transition Economies
(1997-04-01)
This paper presents an empirical criterion for establishing privatization priorities for state owned enterprises. The approach uses firm performance as the basis for deciding the sequence in which firms are privatized. ...
A Cultural Analysis of Homosocial Reproduction and Contesting Claims to Competence in Transitional Firms
(1998-07-01)
Drawing on 56 in-depth interviews with American business advisors and East Europe-an managers, entrepreneurs and consultants, I argue that homosocial reproduction -- the promotion of management according to social ...
Coupon characteristics and redemption intentions: A segment-level analysis
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998-01)
The authors investigate how different segments of consumers react to different coupon characteristics, such as face value and method of distribution. They utilize a latent segmentation approach to identify the underlying ...