Preston Keat
Biographic Data
| ID | 6583736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Preston Keat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Preston |
| FAMILY NAME | Keat |
| SIGNATURE | KEAT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951472, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1472, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fallen heroes
In this paper, I examine the causes of failure in the Gdansk shipyard, and alternatively, the determinants of success in Szczecin and Gdynia. I give particular attention to the role of the initial owner of these companies—the Polish government. Why were these three firms treated differently by the government, and how did this affect their approaches to restructuringŒ I find that in the cases of Szczecin and Gdynia, initial government aid conditio…
Penalizing the reformers
This paper examines the effects of European integration on the Polish steel industry and finds that, contrary to expectations, the more successful firms are in fact being hurt by the process. As a result, productivity improvements are unlikely to be either as great or as efficiently distributed as proponents of integration suggest. This outcome is the product of a complicated and politically expedient bargaining process among steel-sector union c…
Penalizing the reformers
This paper examines the effects of European integration on the Polish steel industry and finds that, contrary to expectations, the more successful firms are in fact being hurt by the process. As a result, productivity improvements are unlikely to be either as great or as efficiently distributed as proponents of integration suggest. This outcome is the product of a complicated and politically expedient bargaining process among steel-sector union c…
Penalizing the reformers
This paper examines the effects of European integration on the Polish steel industry and finds that, contrary to expectations, the more successful firms are in fact being hurt by the process. As a result, productivity improvements are unlikely to be either as great or as efficiently distributed as proponents of integration suggest. This outcome is the product of a complicated and politically expedient bargaining process among steel-sector union c…
Fallen heroes
In this paper, I examine the causes of failure in the Gdansk shipyard, and alternatively, the determinants of success in Szczecin and Gdynia. I give particular attention to the role of the initial owner of these companies—the Polish government. Why were these three firms treated differently by the government, and how did this affect their approaches to restructuringŒ I find that in the cases of Szczecin and Gdynia, initial government aid conditio…
Business (2 works) · Economic policy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global trade and economics (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Arrears (1 work) · Conditionality (1 work) · Cover (algebra (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Economic system (1 work)