Why the Brazilian state-owned enterprises seem to have performed better than many of their counterparts in other developing countries is a question that will interest development specialists all over the world. Trebat argues that much of the performance is due to the size and dynamism of the Brazilian economy, which allowed these capital-intensive enterprises to realize economies of large-scale production not achievable in smaller countries. But the Brazilian government's policies toward its state-owned enterprises have also been important in avoiding poor performance. The results of these policies provide useful lessons for the supervision and control of state-owned enterprises in other developing countries. Trebat concludes that just a satisfactory state-owned enterprise performance permitted rapid growth in Brazil during the 1960s and 1970s, so would public enterprise performance in the 1980s be a crucial determinant of how well and how quickly Brazil surmounted its current economic crisis.
A Case Study of the State as Entrepreneur
Why the Brazilian state-owned enterprises seem to have performed better than many of their counterparts in other developing countries is a question that will interest development specialists all over the world. Trebat argues that much of the performance is due to the size and dynamism of the Brazilian economy, which allowed these capital-intensive enterprises to realize economies of large-scale production not achievable in smaller countries. But the Brazilian government's policies toward its state-owned enterprises have also been important in avoiding poor performance. The results of these policies provide useful lessons for the supervision and control of state-owned enterprises in other developing countries. Trebat concludes that just a satisfactory state-owned enterprise performance permitted rapid growth in Brazil during the 1960s and 1970s, so would public enterprise performance in the 1980s be a crucial determinant of how well and how quickly Brazil surmounted its current economic crisis.
- ISBN:
- 9780521237161
- 9780521237161
- Category:
- Industry & industrial studies
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 31-08-1983
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 316
- Dimensions (mm):
- 215x148x26mm
- Weight:
- 0.5kg
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