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Impact of Privatization on Management Issues


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This paper examines the impact of privatization on the productivity, profitability and the other major management issues of the privatized enterprises in Ethiopia. Data from 45 enterprises between 1990 and 2004 were collected in order to examine the performance of the privatized enterprises. As for managerial issues, survey method was used. The study reveals that the net profitability of the privatized enterprises surged despite a decrease in production and sales. Analysis of management issues exhibit that there were significant changes and developments in those privatized enterprises where foreign privatized enterprises were relatively better implementers as compared to the domestic privatized enterprises.

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Privatization, Productivity, Managerial Issues
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Jesiah Selvam
Indian Academy School of Management Studies Kalyan Nagar PO, Bangalore - 560043, India

Abstract


This paper examines the impact of privatization on the productivity, profitability and the other major management issues of the privatized enterprises in Ethiopia. Data from 45 enterprises between 1990 and 2004 were collected in order to examine the performance of the privatized enterprises. As for managerial issues, survey method was used. The study reveals that the net profitability of the privatized enterprises surged despite a decrease in production and sales. Analysis of management issues exhibit that there were significant changes and developments in those privatized enterprises where foreign privatized enterprises were relatively better implementers as compared to the domestic privatized enterprises.

Keywords


Privatization, Productivity, Managerial Issues

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