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Palgrave Transforming Public Enterprise In Europe And North America Networks Integration And Transnationalization 2007 Edition by Judith Clifton F. Comin D. Díaz Fuentes Daniel Díaz Fuentes
At the beginning of the C21st utilities in energy telecommunications transport and water emerged as leading TNCs. How and why did this unprecedented transition occur? Leading authorities from Europe Russia Canada Mexico and the United States analyse the business economic and historical contexts that have influenced these changes. Table of contents : Introduction: From "Ugly Ducklings" to "New Economic Swans": On the Rise of Public Network Services in Europe and the Americas; J.Clifton F.Comin& D.D.Fuentes Cross Border Investment and Service Flows in Network Industries within Western Europe c.1830-1980; R.Millward Public Enterprises in Transition: The Case of France; P.Fridenson Public Enterprise and Public Networks in Italy 1952-2001: A Quantitative Profile; P.A.Toninelli& M.Vasta Ugly Ducklings Growth in Germany; H.G.Schroeter Institutional Change and State Enterprise: The UK in Comparative Perspective 1945-90; R.Millward On the Emergence of Spanish Transnational Public Enterprises; F.Comin D.D.Fuentes& J.Clifton Privatisation and Transnationalisation in Portugal (1980-2005) ; A.B.Nunes C.Bastien& N.Valerio Scandinavian Experiences of Network Industries. Public Enterprises and Changing Welfare Policies 1950-2005; L.Andersson-Skog& T.Pettersson Transforming Public Enterprises in Ireland: The Case Study of Air Transportation; S.Barrett Ownership and Trans-Nationalisation in the Benelux: The Case of the Belgian Railways 1834-2004; F.Buelens J.van den Broeck& H.Willems Large Network Transnationalisation in Russia; M.Klinova The International Activities of Three Canadian Public Electrical Companies: Hydro-Quebec BC Hydro and Manitoba Hydro from 1988 to Today; P.Lanthier Transforming Public Enterprises in Mexico: The Case of TELMEX; J.Clifton D.D.Fuentes& C.Marichal American Exceptionalism? Privatisation and Transnationalisation in the United States; C.S.Chahyadi W.L.Megginson& J.M.Salas Conclusions: The Future for Public Network Services; J.Clifton F.Comin& D.D.Fuentes