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Organisational status change and performance: The case of Ireland's national telecommunications operator

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  • Palcic, Dónal
  • Reeves, Eoin

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Ireland's national telecommunications operator, Telecom Éireann, was privatised in 1999 after over a decade of commercialisation within the public sector. This article provides an in-depth economic analysis of the impact of commercialisation and privatisation on Telecom Éireann's productivity over the period 1985-2001. Disentangling the effects of privatisation from other factors that impact on productivity is problematic. Accordingly, a three-dimensional organisational status change framework incorporating ownership, product market competition and internal organisational structure is adopted. We find no clear evidence that ownership change had a significant impact on productivity. Improvements were associated with competition and the impending deregulation of the market as well as considerable changes in the internal organisational structure of the firm.

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  • Palcic, Dónal & Reeves, Eoin, 0. "Organisational status change and performance: The case of Ireland's national telecommunications operator," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(5-6), pages 299-308, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:34:y::i:5-6:p:299-308
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    1. Palcic, Dónal & Reeves, Eoin, 2013. "Private equity leveraged buyouts in European telecoms: The case of Eircom," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 573-582.
    2. Catríona CAHILL & Dónal PALCIC & Eoin REEVES, 2018. "Striving To Deliver: Commercialization And Performance In Ireland'S Postal Sector," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 89(3), pages 527-542, September.
    3. Bruno, Clementina & Manello, Alessandro, 2015. "Benchmarking and effects of reforms in the fixed telecommunications industry: A DDF approach," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(2), pages 127-139.
    4. Vergés, Joaquim, 2014. "RESULTADOS y consecuencias DE LAS PRIVATIZACIONES de Empresas Públicas: Una perspectiva internacional [THE PRIVATISATION OF STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES. RESULTS AND CONSEQUENCES:An international empiri," MPRA Paper 62655, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 05 Mar 2015.
    5. Chengedzai Mafini, 2016. "Constraints to Strategy Implementation and their Influence on Business Performance: the Case of a Waste Management Logistics Company," Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, Danubius University of Galati, issue 12(4), pages 51-71, August.

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