The Rise and Fall of State-Owned Enterprise in the Western World

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511896798

This book examines the rise and fall in the twentieth-century Western world of state-owned enterprises, a chief instrument of state economic intervention. It offers historical perspective on the origins and purpose of state-owned enterprises, their performance, and the reasons for their precipitate decline from their heyday in the 1960s to the waves of privatization in the 1980s and 1990s. Looking to the future as well as the past of state business, this book explores the concept of state-owned enterprise and its context in Western political economy, as well as the permutations and future prospects of the institution in practice. The contributors present studies of the development of state-owned enterprises in seven Western European countries and the United States.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
pp ix-xi
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Contributors
pp xii-xiv
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PART I - SETTING THE STAGE
pp 1-2
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1 - The Rise and Fall of Public Enterprise: The Framework
pp 3-24
- By Pier Angelo Toninelli, University of Milan-Bicocca
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2 - The Decline of State-Owned Enterprise and the New Foundations of the State-Industry Relationship
pp 25-48
- By Nicola Bellini, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa
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3 - The Performance of State-Owned Enterprises
pp 49-72
- By Yair Aharoni, Tel-Aviv University
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4 - The Role of the State in Economic Growth
pp 73-100
- By Erik S. Reinert, University of Oslo
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PART II - NATIONAL CASES
pp 101-102
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5 - The Rise and Fall of State-Owned Enterprise in Germany
pp 103-127
- By Ulrich Wengenroth, University of Technology, Munich
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6 - Beyond State and Market: Italy's Futile Search for a Third Way
pp 128-156
- By Franco Amatori, Bocconi University
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7 - State Enterprise in Britain in the Twentieth Century
pp 157-184
- By Robert Millward, University of Manchester
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8 - The Rise and Decline of State-Owned Industry in Twentieth-Century France
pp 185-207
- By Emmanuel Chadeau, University Charles de Gaulle-Lille III
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9 - The Rise and Decline of Spanish State-Owned Firms
pp 208-236
- By Albert Carreras, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Xavier Tafunell, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Eugenio Torres, Complutense University of Madrid
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10 - Fifty Years of State-Owned Industry in Austria, 1946–1996
pp 237-252
- By Dieter Stiefel, University of Vienna
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11 - A Reluctant State and Its Enterprises: State-Owned Enterprises in the Netherlands in the “Long” Twentieth Century
pp 253-272
- By M. Davids, Technical University Eindhoven, Jan L. van Zanden, Utrecht University
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12 - State-Owned Enterprises in a Hostile Environment: The U.S. Experience
pp 273-302
- By Louis Galambos, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
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Conclusion: Schumpeter Revisited
pp 303-310
- By Louis Galambos, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, William Baumol, New York University
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Index
pp 311-320
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xi

Contributors
pp xii-xiv

PART I - SETTING THE STAGE
pp 1-2

1 - The Rise and Fall of Public Enterprise: The Framework
pp 3-24

2 - The Decline of State-Owned Enterprise and the New Foundations of the State-Industry Relationship
pp 25-48

3 - The Performance of State-Owned Enterprises
pp 49-72

4 - The Role of the State in Economic Growth
pp 73-100

PART II - NATIONAL CASES
pp 101-102

5 - The Rise and Fall of State-Owned Enterprise in Germany
pp 103-127

6 - Beyond State and Market: Italy's Futile Search for a Third Way
pp 128-156

7 - State Enterprise in Britain in the Twentieth Century
pp 157-184

8 - The Rise and Decline of State-Owned Industry in Twentieth-Century France
pp 185-207

9 - The Rise and Decline of Spanish State-Owned Firms
pp 208-236

10 - Fifty Years of State-Owned Industry in Austria, 1946–1996
pp 237-252

11 - A Reluctant State and Its Enterprises: State-Owned Enterprises in the Netherlands in the “Long” Twentieth Century
pp 253-272

12 - State-Owned Enterprises in a Hostile Environment: The U.S. Experience
pp 273-302

Conclusion: Schumpeter Revisited
pp 303-310

Index
pp 311-320

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