Autorentext

Henry Parris, Pierre Pestieau and Peter Saynor

Klappentext

Public Enterprise in Western Europe (1987) presents a comprehensive survey of public enterprise in Europe. It looks at the status of public enterprises, relations with governments, industrial relations, commercial policies and consumer relations, assessing the impact of privatisation and emerging trends.

Inhalt

Introduction. 1. The Rationale of Public Enterprise 2. The Structure and Size of the Public Enterprise Sector 3. Management, Personnel and Industrial Relations 4. The Operating Context - Consumers, the Environment, the EEC 5. Parliaments and Public Enterprises 6. Government Control of Public Enterprises 7. Public Enterprise as an Instrument of Government Policy 8. Measuring the Performance of Public Enterprise 9. The Future of Public Enterprise: a British Perspective