Survival and Failure of Small Businesses Arising Through Government Privatization: Insights from Two New Zealand Firms

Article Abstract:

Timing the formation of a small business is identified as a predictor of its success. Data are drawn from two New Zealand firms spun off from federal service agencies. The firm that formed while the agency's demise was apparent but not concluded survived the transition, while the one that formed after the agency closed did not.

Strategy & planning, Small Business, Business Failures, Planning, Company business planning, Business success, Organization formation, SOHO

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The Fragmentation of a Railway: A Study of Organizational Change

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A method is presented for assessing the effects of organizational change, specifically the feasibility and desirability of privatization, and is applied to British Rail's history as an illustration.

United Kingdom, Railroads, Rail Transportation, Methods, Organizational change, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, British Rail

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Value-chain innovation in aquaculture: insights from a New Zealand case study

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The successful usage of value-chain processes in aquaculture industry of New Zealand is discussed.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Management dynamics, Animal aquaculture, Management, Usage, Company business management, Aquaculture industry, Industry forecasts, Value chain

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