Transforming Public Enterprise in Europe and North America Networks, Integration and Transnationalization

Transnational corporations (TNCs) and public enterprises have been perceived as organisations evolving in separate, even antagonistic, business, economic and ideological spheres. Yet, at the beginning of the C21st, utilities in energy, telecommunications, transport and water unexpectedly emerged as leading TNCs. How and why did this remarkable and unprecedented transition occur? What are the consequences for competition, regulation, public services and consumers? Leading authorities from Europe, Russia, Canada, Mexico and the United States analyse the business, economic and historical contexts that have influenced these changes.

JUDITH CLIFTON is Lecturer at the University of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
FRANCISCO COMÍN University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.
DANIEL DÍAZ FUENTES University of Cantabria, Cantrabria, Spain.

Introduction: From "Ugly Duckings" to "New Economic Swans": On the Rise of Public Network Services in Europe and the Americas--J.Clifton, F.Comín & D.D.Fuentes * Cross Border Investment and Service Flows in Network Industries within Western Europe c.1830-1980--R.Millward * Public Enterprises in Transition: The Case of France--P.Fridenson * Public Enterprise and Public Networks in Italy 1952-2001: A Quantitative Profile--P.A.Toninelli & M.Vasta * Ugly Ducklings Growth in Germany--H.G.Schröter * Institutional Change and State Enterprise: The UK in Comparative Perspective 1945-90--R.Millward * On the Emergence of Spanish Transnational Public Enterprises--F.Comín, D.D.Fuentes & J.Clifton * Privatisation and Transnationalisation in Portugal (1980-2005) --A.B.Nunes, C.Bastien & N.Valério * Scandanavian Experiences of Network Industries. Public Enterprises and Changing Welfare Policies 1950-2005--L.Andersson-Skog & T.Pettersson * Transforming Public Enterprises in Ireland: The Case Study of Air Transportation--S.Barrett * Ownership and Trans-Nationalisation in the Benelux: The Case of the Belgian Railways 1834-2004--F.Buelens, J.van den Broeck & H.Willems * Large Network Transnationalisation in Russia--M.Klinova * The International Activities of Three Canadian Public Electrical Companies: Hydro-Québec, BC Hydro and Manitoba Hydro from 1988 to Today--P.Lanthier * Transforming Public Enterprises in México: The Case of TELMEX--J.Clifton, D.D.Fuentes & C.Marichal * American Exceptionalism? Privatisation and Transnationalisation in the United States--C.S.Chahyadi, W.L.Megginson & J.M.Salas * Conclusions: The Future for Public Network Services--J.Clifton, F.Comín & D.D.Fuentes *
Introduction: From "Ugly Duckings" to "New Economic Swans": On the Rise of Public Network Services in Europe and the Americas--J.Clifton, F.Comín & D.D.Fuentes * Cross Border Investment and Service Flows in Network Industries within Western Europe c.1830-1980--R.Millward * Public Enterprises in Transition: The Case of France--P.Fridenson * Public Enterprise and Public Networks in Italy 1952-2001: A Quantitative Profile--P.A.Toninelli & M.Vasta * Ugly Ducklings Growth in Germany; H.G.Schröter * Institutional Change and State Enterprise: The UK in Comparative Perspective 1945-90--R.Millward * On the Emergence of Spanish Transnational Public Enterprises--F.Comín, D.D.Fuentes & J.Clifton * Privatisation and Transnationalisation in Portugal (1980-2005) --A.B.Nunes, C.Bastien & N.Valério * Scandanavian Experiences of Network Industries. Public Enterprises and Changing Welfare Policies 1950-2005--L.Andersson-Skog & T.Pettersson * Transforming Public Enterprises in Ireland: The Case Study of Air Transportation--S.Barrett * Ownership and Trans-Nationalisation in the Benelux: The Case of the Belgian Railways 1834-2004--F.Buelens, J.van den Broeck & H.Willems * Large Network Transnationalisation in Russia--M.Klinova * The International Activities of Three Canadian Public Electrical Companies: Hydro-Québec, BC Hydro and Manitoba Hydro from 1988 to Today--P.Lanthier * Transforming Public Enterprises in México: The Case of TELMEX--J.Clifton, D.D.Fuentes & C.Marichal * American Exceptionalism? Privatisation and Transnationalisation in the United States--C.S.Chahyadi, W.L.Megginson & J.M.Salas * Conclusions: The Future for Public Network Services--J.Clifton, F.Comín & D.D.Fuentes *