TY  - CHAP
AB  - The paper examines the overall results achieved in the area of privatization in Serbia, as the largest part of the Serbian-Montenegrin economy. The privatization process in Serbia during the 1990s is described in some detail, including the various pieces of privatization legislation (adopted in 1989–1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997), and the overall results achieved, which have been extremely poor: by late 2000, less than 40% of the country’s Gross Material Product was produced by the private sector. The main problems of corporate governance are also discussed in some detail, having in mind the specific situation in Serbia characterized by the maintenance of the ambiguous system of “social property.” The most recent privatization phase started after the political changes in late 2000, and marked a fundamental change in the approach, away from sales at privileged terms to insiders implemented throughout the 1990s, towards commercial sales to strategic owners, at tenders and auctions. The main achievements and shortcomings of the new strategy are discussed.
VL  - 8
SN  - 978-0-76231-114-9, 978-1-84950-277-1/0885-3339
DO  - 10.1016/S0885-3339(04)08009-3
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0885-3339(04)08009-3
AU  - Uvalic Milica
ED  - Virginie Perotin
ED  - Andrew Robinson
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - PRIVATIZATION IN SERBIA: THE DIFFICULT CONVERSION OF SELF-MANAGEMENT INTO PROPERTY RIGHTS
T2  - Employee Participation, Firm Performance and Survival
T3  - Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 211
EP  - 237
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -