Abstract
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) had a great relevance along the twentieth-century history of European economies. A very important issue is the role played by politics in the various European states. In the strong core of European capitalism, SOEs managed by the “right hands” enjoyed a substantial amount of independence. But at the dawn of the current era of globalization, SOEs declined in most European countries.
Still, in the early twenty-first century, we have seen a rebirth of SOEs in new lighter forms: the government acts more as a regulator and advisor than as a direct protagonist.
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Amatori, F. (2017). State and Enterprise: The Case of SOEs in Europe in the Twentieth Century. In: Felisini, D. (eds) Reassessing the Role of Management in the Golden Age. Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48722-9_2
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