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The book provides a comprehensive exploration of international privatisation policies and their implications across various regions and sectors. It begins with an introduction to the concept of privatisation, followed by a detailed examination of its internationalisation and legal techniques. The first part discusses the retreat of the state in advanced economies, highlighting American-style privatisation, state-owned housing, and employment policies in local authorities, along with the restructuring of the steel industry and the partial privatisation of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The second part focuses on the marketisation of planned economies, particularly in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, addressing the role of banking in privatisation, the challenges faced in Hungary, East Germany, and Poland, and the complexities of post-Soviet privatisation. The third section examines the intersection of privatisation with public sector development, comparing policies in China and South Africa, and discussing the privatisation of public enterprises in less developed countries, including Botswana. Finally, the book addresses the reconstruction of the public sector, emphasizing performance measurement, quality assurance, and social accountability. It draws on contributions from various experts, offering insights into the strategies and practices of privatisation globally.

A poem that travels across seasons, through a variety of Scottish highland and island landscapes, from dawn to dusk, which is a long walk, along the coast, over mountain and moorland, through pine and birch forest, ending on a shore where the sea offers another knowledge/wild and cold.

A new collection by a nature poet and land art collaborator.

The first issue of the Pittsburgh Gazette was published on Saturday, August 12, 1786. Nearly 220 years later, it lives on as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. By focusing on what stories were reported -and how - this book adds a to the history of Pittsburgh and its people. číst celé

Offering a practical account of the forces shaping business over the 21st century, this text covers technology, director's competencies, learning, governance and globalization. It examines the impact of environmental, legal and political pressures on corporate activity.

In the wake of the financial and corporate scandals of recent years, corporate governance increasingly is recognised as being at the heart of understanding how and why businesses are run as they are. But while there are diverse and well-established theories of corporate governance, they are rarely gathered in a coherent and comparative way.This comprehensive reader brings together the most influential writing in the field, with editorial commentary, to provide a uniquely interdisciplinary resource for students and lecturers that underpins contemporary analysis of corporate governance. Topics covered include: Structured to provide an introduction and overview of corporate governance from the classical theories to contemporary controversies, this reader functions either as a stand-alone text, or as a companion to International Corporate Governance , a textbook also authored by Thomas Clarke.

This authoritative history of Howden, a small town in East Yorkshire, England, provides readers with a detailed account of the town's religious and social development from the Roman period to the 19th century. Clarke's research is based on extensive archival sources, and provides a wealth of information about the local community. This new edition includes a foreword by a leading historian of medieval England.

The book is a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, preserving its original content despite potential imperfections like marks and notations. It emphasizes the cultural significance of the text, reflecting a commitment to protect and promote literature through accessible, high-quality editions that honor the original.

Impact of corporations on the economies and societies of all countries has focused attention on the importance of corporate governance. As the adequacy of the existing dominant paradigms of corporate governance are increasingly challenged, the search for coherent new paradigms is a vital task for corporate governance in the future.