Essays Tagged: "privatisation"

Foreign Investment in Australia

ernational expansion or stock acquisition when companies are floated on the stock market or undergo privatisation.Foreign Investment is vitally important to Australia's strong economic position in ter ... he federal Governments firm stance on foreign investment is tied to their ongoing commitment to the privatisation of Telstra. The government is actively seeking foreign investment in the $30 billion s ...

(12 pages) 297 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

"Globalisation today is not working"

have the potential to enrich everyone in the world. However, the mismanagement of the processes of privatisation, liberalisation and stabilisation has led to more people worse off now than they were ...

(7 pages) 320 1 2.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Did Hawke-Keating government (1983-1996) represent a fundamental break with Labour Tradition?

ALP government of this period has been highly criticised for its addressing of some issues, such as privatisation, deregulation of labour and financial sectors, tariff reduction, welfare reform and it ... ly criticised for apparently representing a fundamental break from tradition, particularly in their privatisation of the Australian Airlines.Another notable Labour tradition is that of liberalism. It ...

(8 pages) 46 0 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Globalisation and the Indonesian Economy.

uctural adjustments to Indonesia's economy through liberalisation, marketisation, deregulation, and privatisation. It has enhanced Indonesia's international competitiveness through introducing benefit ...

(6 pages) 202 0 4.2 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Goverment in our lives today.

ome too close for comfort. The Canadian government is too involved in our society and everyday life.Privatisation has left Canadians in the dark. The privatisation of many companies and businesses in ...

(2 pages) 59 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The liberalization of Europe's electricity market

cising monopoly power. During the second half of the twentieth century, a trend of deregulation and privatisation was introduced into the energy sector. The coal and coke sectors were the first compon ... on. Nowadays a restructuring of the electricity sector is gaining pace. This restructuring involves privatisation and deregulation of the sector: the state monopoly is abandoned and market power divid ...

(6 pages) 66 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

British Airways plc

(BOAC), which was merged with British European Airways (BEA) to create British Airways. Even after privatisation, British Airways retained the image of being reserved, professional and formal.Each ye ...

(20 pages) 408 1 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Rolling back the australian welfare state

ts to the Australian people coupled with an ideological shift towards individual responsibility and privatisation .The citizenship theory, which underpins the social welfare system in Australia, and i ... s been centred around an ideological shift towards individual responsibility, mutual obligation and privatisation of the Australian welfare state.A historical analysis of the welfare state is probably ...

(9 pages) 92 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

MAJOR PRIVITISATION in AUSTRALIA (1990-2001)

1.0 PRIVITISATIONThe term Privatisation can be defined as the transfer of activities from the public sector to the private sec ... means businesses owned solely by the government, thus not privately owned.3.0 ARGUMENTS FOR PRIVATISATION OF GBES3.1 Reasons ForThere are many positive reasons for privation, these inc ... F GBES3.1 Reasons ForThere are many positive reasons for privation, these include:- Privatisation many help reduce the inefficiency that previously existed in large government organiza ...

(4 pages) 39 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Timeline of privatision process(eg. on telstra)

The GBE Privatisation that will be explored is on the privatisation of Telstra. The Outline of the privatisa ... s.21st October 1999Telstra share value boosted by job destruction.17th March 2000An exchange on the privatisation of public utilities.23rd March 2000An exchange on the privatisation of public utilitie ... es of storing pornography.27th September 2000Australia: Telstra's rural split-off-a new vehicle for privatisation.19th October 2000Australian government caught a bid over Telstra privatisation.

(1 pages) 32 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Marketing Hansabank.

pank (Estonian Savings Bank) merged in 1998. Hansabank purchased Lietuvos Taupomasis Bankas through privatisation in 2001. Chairman of the Council of the Hansabank Group is Anders Sahlén. Chair ...

(2 pages) 21 0 2.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Public sector management: privatisation as an answer

"To see privatisation and private sector practices as the answer to the problems of public services is to fa ... ment where the involvement of private sector has been promoted at local levels of the public sector.Privatisation is the change of the public sector to private ownership, which will in turn generate e ... enough income to sustain tax-cutting strategies even in economic recession. In the UK the roots of privatisation stem from Margaret Thatchers reign in Politics when she tried to tackle deficiencies i ...

(9 pages) 161 1 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"Are Marx's views on social class applicable to late 20th century capitalist society?"

ergence of Industrial Capitalism, Marx foresaw such concepts as globalisation, multinationalism and privatisation - tools of Capitalist society employed to ensure that the balance of money and power l ... but been abolished. Hawke and Keating initiated the change, paving the way for multinationalism and privatisation, yet they came to power as Labor Party members. D.D. Raphael (1970:38) points out that ...

(6 pages) 98 0 4.6 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

“Monopoly Power Exploits Consumers And Misallocates Resources. Therefore, Natural Monopoly Industries Should Not Have Been Privatised.” Discuss.

es and by economics commentators and reporters persistently over the years following the concept of privatisation. Privatisation was developed by the Thatcher government in her years of power from 197 ... ncy and customers alike. During this essay I will be addressing the advantages and disadvantages of privatisation and will be including examples of natural monopolies which both have and have not been ...

(7 pages) 24 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The privatisation of the uk el

Introduction Since the privatisation of the British electricity industry in the early 1990's the power industry has gone th ... stry in the early 1990's the power industry has gone through major structural changes. As with most privatisation of former public companies, (such as the privatisation of British Telecom and British ... re implemented and how the price of electricity to consumers has been affected by these changes.The privatisation of this industry has seen four main stages: Firstly, British Electricity, a government ...

(19 pages) 25 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Investigation on Privatisation (Telstra)

1.0PRIVITISATIONThe term Privatisation can be defined as the transfer of activities from the public sector to the private sec ... s, which means businesses owned solely by the government, thus not privately owned.3.0ARGUMENTS FOR PRIVATISATION OF GBES3.1Reasons ForThere are many positive reasons for privation, these include:-Pri ... sation many help reduce the inefficiency that previously existed in large government organizations.-Privatisation also reduces the number of situations in which the government is both the umpire and p ...

(7 pages) 32 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Employment relations within British Airways.

employment. Margaret Thatcher who was devoted to the principles of free enterprise launch a massive privatisation. British Aerospace,(1981) British Oil (1982), British Ports (1983) are privatised. BA ... duced and the company have had to make a different approach with trade unions.B)The 1990'sAfter the privatisation, the more important for BA was to « re-connect » with customers. It is imp ...

(6 pages) 29 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management