Background Information

Academic Papers

UBS Economic Research

State Commercial Assets and its potential role in the European debt crisis, by Stephane Deo and Matteo Cominetti.

Beijing University Business Review (PKU Business Review)

Managing State-Owned Commercial Assets by Dag Detter

World Bank

Corporate Governance of State-owned Enterprises in India

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Chinese State-Owned Enterprises and U.S.-China bilateral investments

The European Council on Foreign Relations

“The Scramble for Europe”, by Francois Godement and Jonas Parello Plesner with Alice Richard.

Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa
Multicriteria evaluation of the performance of public enterprises: The Case of Greece, by Anastassiou and Doumpos

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Public enterprises in Greece by Georakopoulos, Phrodromidis and Loizides

IMF Working Paper
External sector reform and public sector restructuring by Bhattacharya

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Participation in the management of public enterprises: Experience from Greek utilities by Demetrios, Papoulias, Lioukas

Taylor & Francis Group
The Politics of Privatisation: Redrawing the Public–Private Boundary, by Pagoulatos

OECD Working Paper
Greek Public Enterprises: Challenges for reform, by Mylonas and Joumard

University of Durham
Petromin: The slow death of statist oil development in Saudi Arabia, by Steffen Hertog

World Politics
Defying the Resource Curse Explaining Successful State-Owned Enterprises in Rentier States, by Steffen Hertog

Ministry of Finance in Turkey
Turkish SOE performance 2007

The DRC of The State Council, People's Republic of China

International Comparison on State Owner’s Behaviors and its Implication, by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

OECD

Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises - translated by Li Zhaoxi

OECD

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises - A survey of OECD countries

OECD

Principles of Corporate Governance - translated by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

Corporate Governance International

Improving Corporate Governance in SOEs: An Integrated approach by Simon C.Y. Wong, McKinsey & Company

The DRC of The State Council, People's Republic of China

Basic Principles of Board and Non-Executive Directors - Key points of the Higgs Report, by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

The DRC of The State Council, People's Republic of China

The Privatization in France: Management, Laws, and Operations, by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

Österreichische Industrie Holding AG

ÖAIG: Legal Framework and Operation by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

The DRC of The State Council, People's Republic of China

To Assess State-owned Assets Increments by Company Value Indexes, by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

The DRC of The State Council, People's Republic of China

Facts and implications of state assets administration system of Sweden, Austria, and France, by Chen Xiaohong and Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

The DRC of The State Council, People's Republic of China

Overview and Thoughts on the Management SOEs in Sweden, Austria and France by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun and Chen Xiaohong.

World Bank Note
Exercising Ownership Rights in State Owned Enterprise Groups: What China Can Learn from International Experience? By William Mako and Chunlin Zhang

The DRC of The State Council, People's Republic of China

Characteristics and Experiences of Management of SOEs in New Zealand by Dr. Zhang Zhengjun

SCORES - State Council Office for Restructuring the Economic System

China’s State-Owned Commercial Banks - Proposed Corporate Governance Structure - by Dag Detter

Annual Reports

Lithuania
Annual Review of State Commercial Assets

Latvia
Annual Review of State Commercial Assets 2009

Finland
Solidium - the National Wealth Fund

Singapore
Temasek - the National Wealth Fund

The Portfolio

Working Paper on SOE Reform — a case study

Board nomination — a case study

The Labour Unions and ownership — Casting off the yoke of monopoly

The Telia model for restructuring a benchmark

The state as a company owner

The government ownership policy

Guidelines for External Reporting by State-Owned Companies

Guidelines for Terms of Employment for Senior Executives in State-Owned Companies

Annual Reports

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Case Studies

Hills Institute

SOE Restructuring in Sweden, by Dag Detter

Carnegie

SJ the Railway Operator: From an integrated state railroad authority to a structure with specialized corporate entities

Carnegie

Assi Domän: The international Pulp and Paper manufacturer and Sweden's largest land owner

UBS

Telia: The Telecom Operator Ready for Lift Off

JP Morgan

The Post Office: Productivity Has Been Delivered but the Cheque is Still in the Mail

Macro Research

BNP Paribas
Sweden: Blazing the Reform Trail Juli Collins-Thompson looks at reforms taking place in the Swedish public sector

Goldman Sachs
Lessons for the EU from Sweden's "New Economy"

Merrill Lynch
Sweden: Ripe for 'New Economy' Gains Richard Woodworth assesses Government-Owned Company Reforms

Swedbank Analysis

As the government's role as company owner becomes more clear-cut - should municipalities follow suit? By Cecilia Hermansson