Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

The OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises offer concrete advice on corporate governance challenges that need to be addressed when the state is a corporate owner, helping governments to assess and improve the way they exercise their ownership functions in state-owned enterprises.  
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The Business Case for Women's Economic Empowerment

on 02-Feb-2012

Women are a critical resource in facing the challenges of our global economy, both as an emerging market and as a significant pool of human talent. This workshop focused on gender equality in education, employment and entrepreneurship.

The role of institutional investors in promoting good corporate governance

17-Dec-2011

This publication examines what is known about institutional investors and their behaviour and reviews institutional investors in Australia, Chile and Germany in more detail.

Asian policy makers agree new priorities for corporate governance reform

04-Oct-2011

Asian policy makers and experts committed to boosting enforcement of corporate governance laws and encouraging shareholder engagement. These priorities for corporate governance reform were agreed at the 12th annual meeting of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance in Bali.

The size and composition of the SOE sector in OECD countries

12-Aug-2011

This working paper finds that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in OECD countries remain significant despite decades of privatisation. They employ millions of people and are increasingly concentrated in a few strategic sectors of great importance to the competitiveness of the rest of the business sector.

Competitive neutrality and state-owned enterprises in Australia

11-Aug-2011

This working paper provides a comprehensive overview of the competitive neutrality framework of the Australian Commonwealth as well as individual States. It reviews the history behind the framework, including its links with successive competition policy reforms in the 1990s, and provides examples of cases brought before the respective complaints handling offices.

Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in OECD countries

28-Jul-2011

The first survey of corporate governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in OECD countries was published in 2005. This 2011 update reports on the significant changes in the SOE landscape since then and includes information about the 4 new OECD countries - Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia.

Competitive neutrality and state-owned enterprises

06-May-2011

Competitive neutrality implies that no business entity is advantaged (or disadvantaged) solely because of its ownership. This paper reviews competitive advantages and incentives for SOEs and proposes options for countering anti-competitive practices and enhancing competitive neutrality.

Enhancing the role of the boards of directors of state-owned enterprises

06-May-2011

Board autonomy and competences is one of the key challenges in making state-owned enterprises operate on truly commercial terms. This paper examines the challenges facing SOE boards based on interviews with a large number of serving Chairs and other key board members.

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