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ISBN 10: 052110291X 
ISBN 13: 9780521102919
Author: Leroy P Jones

Public Enterprise in Less Developed Countries 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction

• Are public enterprises a useful unit of observation?

• What determines the size and structure of the public-enterprise sector?

• Principal-agent relationships: Who should control public enterprises?

• How are decisions made in practice?

• How do public enterprises behave in international markets?

• How do public-enterprise managers respond to risk?

• How are incentive systems to be designed?

• How does public enterprise compare with other intervention mechanisms?

Part I: Why Public Enterprise?

2. Role of economic factors in determining the size and structure of the public-enterprise sector in less-developed countries with mixed economies
   Leroy P. Jones and Edward S. Mason

   • Introduction

   • Evidence on size and structure

   • Benefits and costs of public enterprise in an optimal economic order

   • Evidence on revealed institutional advantage of public enterprise

   • Conclusion

3. Political economy of public enterprise
   Muzaffer Ahmad

   • Traditional economics versus political economy

   • Political economy: an alternative approach

   • The nature of the contending social forces

   • Evolution of social forces in the colonial period

   • Categories of public enterprise in dominant-subordinate countries

   • Stability of public-enterprise regimes

   • Conflict within the public-enterprise sector

   • Generation and distribution of surplus

Part II: Principal-Agent Relationships: Who Should Control Public Enterprise?

4. State-owned enterprise: An agent without a principal
   Yair Aharoni

   • Introduction

   • The principal-agent problem

   • State-owned enterprises as agents

   • The role of government as principal

   • Implications for management and performance

5. Public enterprise and the principal-agent problem
   Edward S. Mason

   • Theoretical framework

   • Application to public enterprises

   • Case studies and examples

   • Policy implications

Part III: Performance and Evaluation

6. Performance of public enterprises in developing countries
   Richard D. Mallon

   • Criteria for performance evaluation

   • Methodologies and approaches

   • Findings from case studies

   • Recommendations for improvement

7. Comparative performance of public and private enterprises
   Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan

   • Theoretical considerations

   • Empirical evidence

   • Factors influencing performance

   • Policy recommendations

Conclusion

8. Summary and policy implications
   Raymond Vernon

   • Key findings

   • Implications for policy and practice

   • Directions for future research

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