Download or read book Privatization Surprises in Transition Economies written by Milica Uvalić and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging survey which considers employee ownership within privatization legislation and its diffusion and implementation problems in 14 transitional economies. Ten articles address issues such as enterprise restructuring, employment, wages, productivity, and investment policies. The authors conclude that the employee ownership method has proven to be one of the quickest and has brought with it many positive changes. They also identify possible improvements such as the use of employee ownership in combination with other methods. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR