 CHANGES IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATIZED SPANISH FIRMSKoldo Zabalza and Jesus Matey Review of Business and Finance Studies, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 95-108 Abstract: Firm privatization entails a thorough process of reform that includes the introduction of new management practices. A review of theoretical and empirical studies conducted confirms that a systematic analysis of changes in management arising after a public company’s privatization does not exist. This study explores changes in operations management that take place after a public company’s privatization and proposes relevant factors in four operations performance areas. In order to confirm the theoretical propositions posed, we used contemporary multiple case studies as a research methodology. In particular, changes experienced in the operations management area in four privatized Spanish companies were investigated using a longitudinal analysis. The results of this study confirm most theoretical propositions and identify four areas considered are relevant to the process of change in a privatized firm’s operations management. Keywords: Privatization; changes in management; operations management; case study (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ibf:rbfstu:v:3:y:2012:i:1:p:95-108 Access Statistics for this article Review of Business and Finance Studies is currently edited by Terrance Jalbert More articles in Review of Business and Finance Studies from The Institute for Business and Finance Research |
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