Privatization of state owned enterprises: arguments and perceptions: the case of TAP and its privatization

Despite being one of the major economic phenomena in recent history, privatization causes received relatively little attention in analysis until quite recently. This qualitative paper summarizes the causes that led to the privatization of state-owned enterprises, with the specific case of TAP Portug...

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Autor: Rodrigues, Joana Isabel do Deserto Dias
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/18175
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10438/18175
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Privatization
State-owned enterprises
State
Motivation
Causes
Privatização
Empresas públicas
Estado
Motivação
Causas
Administração pública
Privatização - Estudo de casos
Empresas públicas - Estudo de casos
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Sumario:Despite being one of the major economic phenomena in recent history, privatization causes received relatively little attention in analysis until quite recently. This qualitative paper summarizes the causes that led to the privatization of state-owned enterprises, with the specific case of TAP Portugal being analyzed. For a better comprehension of the theme, the characteristics and the context of state enterprises creation, as well as the privatization movement and its impacts, were analyzed as well. The general objective of the study is to understand if there are differences between the motivations to privatize and the expectations that TAP Portugal executives and workers have on the matter, therefore using TAP Portugal as the case study to support the analysis. Some interviews were performed to TAP Portugal executive members and workers, and results show that, privatization causes and TAP’s members’ expectations are aligned in some motivations. The intervention of external organisms in managing state enterprises, the necessity of reduction of public sector borrowing requirement, the limited access to capital, the ineffective state administration, bureaucracy concerns, management conditions, lack of investment capacity and the role of the state, are the main conclusions that led TAP to be privatized.