Studies in Public Enterprise From Evaluation to Privatisation First Published in 1987. This book contains studies on some important aspects of public enterprise based on the experience of a wide spectrum of developed and developing countries. Public Enterprise and Evaluation seeks to introduce some fundamental ideas on the concept of evaluation at four levels deals with evaluation as a system and succinctly reviews the experience of the United Kingdom Argentina Malaysia Pakistan Nepal and India. Capital Structures of Public Enterprises brings out the economic issues that are implicit in the arrangements of capitalisation in vogue in the public enterprise sector. Public Enterprise and the Public Exchequer is an in-depth analytical study of certain aspects of the budget link of public enterprises and shows how this has not yet been adequately realised. And Privatisation in the African Context deals with the concept of privatisation now coming into prominence and presents a nondoctrinaire review of the problems it raises. | Studies in Public Enterprise From Evaluation to Privatisation GBP 175.00 1
Industrial Policy Beyond the Crisis Regional National and International Perspectives After years of official disrepute industrial policy (IP) is back in vogue at regional national and international levels driven by concerns over competitiveness globalisation de-industrialisation unemployment and the comparatively slow growth of the EU economy especially in this post-recession phase. At the same time IP has been seen as a catalyst for designing economic recovery strategies at regional national and international levels as well as being a concerted strategy to develop new ‘clean-tech’ industries to tackle environmental challenges. If anything the recent global recession and credit crunch have highlighted the fragility of some states’ and localities’ economic development paths and the unbalanced nature of their economies in terms of an over-reliance on sectors such as retail financial services and construction to the detriment of manufacturing. This also suggests an accompanying need for greater economic diversity so as to avoid over-dependencies on certain sectors and a better balance of ownerships forms. But what should be the shape of IP in the wake of the crisis and how can IP rebalance economies help support sustainable development and catalyse new technologies and innovations whilst learning lessons from past experience and debate? This edited volume examines these questions through a wide range of diverse contributions from expert international authors. This book was originally published as a special issue of Policy Studies. | Industrial Policy Beyond the Crisis Regional National and International Perspectives GBP 46.99 1