We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition … era to permit free competition and effective governance by new owners. -- enterprise restructuring ; privatization …

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of … privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and vary across regions, coinciding with differences in policies and …