Three Decades of Privatization Suggest All of the Following EXCEPT

question 72

Multiple Choice

Three decades of privatization suggest all of the following EXCEPT:

• A)Privatization to insiders helps improve the performance of small firms.
• B)In large corporations privatization to insiders, without external governance pressures, is hardly conducive for needed restructuring.
• C) Outside ownership and control, preferably by blockholders, funds, foreigners, and/ or banks, are more likely to facilitate restructuring.
• D) When outside investors such as institutional investors do come in, they fail to assert their power.

Analyze the role of fads and trends in product valuation over time.

Recognize the challenges and strategies in pricing within a product line.

Understand the characteristics and implications of different competitive market situations (pure monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, pure competition).

Analyze the implications of market dynamics on advertising, product differentiation, and pricing.

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Definitions:

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People's Republic

A type of state or country that is officially considered a republic and claims to be governed by the people, often used by communist states.

Soviet Union

A former federal socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991, comprising Russia and several other republics, and was a primary player in the Cold War.