Singapore, Incorporated Versus the Private Sector : Are Government-Linked Companies Different? /

Government-linked companies (GLCs) have a significant presence in Singapore's corporate sector. Unlike parastatals in many other countries, these companies are run on a competitive, commercial basis, ostensibly without government privileges. Based on data from publicly listed GLCs and non-GLCs,...

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Hlavní autor: Tan, Ling
Další autoři: Ramirez, Carlos
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/156
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF
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