?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F27059%2F&rft.title=Enterprise+Performance%2C+Privatization+and+the+Role+of+Ownership+in+Italy&rft.creator=Tatahi%2C+Motasam&rft.subject=L3+-+Nonprofit+Organizations+and+Public+Enterprise&rft.subject=L33+-+Comparison+of+Public+and+Private+Enterprises+and+Nonprofit+Institutions+%3B+Privatization+%3B+Contracting+Out&rft.description=In+both+economically+developed+and+developing+countries%2C+privatisation%2C+budget+austerity+measures+and+market+liberalisations+have+become+key+aspects+of+structural+reform+programs+in+the+last+three+decades.+These+three+recommended+policies+were+parts+of+strong+revival+of+classical+and+new-classical+school+of+thought+since+the+middle+of+70s.+Such+programs+aim+to+achieve+higher+microeconomic+efficiency+and+foster+economic+growth%2C+whilst+also+aspiring+to+reduce+public+sector+borrowing+requirements+through+the+elimination+of+unnecessary+subsidies.+For+firms+to+achieve+superior+performance+a+change+in+ownership+from+public+(state+ownership)+to+private+has+been+recommended+as+a+vital+condition.+To+assess+the+ownership+role%2C+the+economic+performances+of+private%2C+public+and+mixed+enterprises+in+Italy+is+compared+through+the+use+of+factor+analysis+method.+The+extracted+factors%2C+using+data+of+two+years%2C+1998+and+2000%2C+do+not+pick+ownership+as+a+key+performance+factor.&rft.date=2010-10-25&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F27059%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_27059.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tatahi%2C+Motasam++(2010)%3A+Enterprise+Performance%2C+Privatization+and+the+Role+of+Ownership+in+Italy.++++&rft.language=en