Now showing items 1-5 of 5
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 ...
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. ...
Where do resources come from? The role of idiosyncratic situations
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-08)
In this paper, we examine the emergence of resources. Our analysis of technological capability acquisition by global U.S.-based chemical firms shows that the emergence of resources is inherently evolutionary. We find that ...
Managerial foresight and attempted rent appropriation: insider trading on knowledge of imminent breakthroughs
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-09)
In order to establish a competitive advantage, firms must acquire or create resources at a price below their value in use. Absent pure luck, this requires managers to exercise foresight about a resource's future value ...