Changes in Business Structures: Challenges for Management of Libyan Industry

Alafi Abouazoum; E.J. de Bruijn; H.J. Steenhuis

Changes in Business Structures: Challenges for Management of Libyan Industry

Alafi Abouazoum, E.J. de Bruijn, H.J. Steenhuis

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

Libya has become a transition economy due to global industrial and political changes in the past decades. Being for long time under government control has created a number of challenges for the management of the SOEs. The most challenging aspect is firm performance improvement. Based on a pilot study, this paper develops a conceptual model that determines the firm performance after transition. The results show that despite the change of managerial incentive, behaviour and relationship; the performance of investigated firms did not improve. This can be explained by firm’s restructuring, privatisation method, trade openness, and the weak enforcement of law.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association (IMDA)
Editors	E. Kaynak, T.D. Harcar
Publisher	The International Management Development Association (IMDA)
Pages	287-294
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2008
Event	17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association, IMDA 2008 - Paramaribo, Suriname Duration: 18 Jun 2008 → 22 Jun 2008

Conference

Conference	17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association, IMDA 2008
Period	18/06/08 → 22/06/08
Other	18-22 June 2008

Keywords

METIS-252913
IR-76013

Cite this

@inproceedings{36a45136c53a438a985ae48b5fd8aee5,

title = "Changes in Business Structures: Challenges for Management of Libyan Industry",

abstract = "Libya has become a transition economy due to global industrial and political changes in the past decades. Being for long time under government control has created a number of challenges for the management of the SOEs. The most challenging aspect is firm performance improvement. Based on a pilot study, this paper develops a conceptual model that determines the firm performance after transition. The results show that despite the change of managerial incentive, behaviour and relationship; the performance of investigated firms did not improve. This can be explained by firm{\textquoteright}s restructuring, privatisation method, trade openness, and the weak enforcement of law.",

keywords = "METIS-252913, IR-76013",

author = "Alafi Abouazoum and {de Bruijn}, E.J. and H.J. Steenhuis",

year = "2008",

month = jun,

day = "18",

language = "Undefined",

pages = "287--294",

editor = "E. Kaynak and T.D. Harcar",

booktitle = "Proceedings of the 17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association (IMDA)",

publisher = "The International Management Development Association (IMDA)",

note = "17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association, IMDA 2008 ; Conference date: 18-06-2008 Through 22-06-2008",

}

Abouazoum, A, de Bruijn, EJ & Steenhuis, HJ 2008, Changes in Business Structures: Challenges for Management of Libyan Industry. in E Kaynak & TD Harcar (eds), Proceedings of the 17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association (IMDA). The International Management Development Association (IMDA), pp. 287-294, 17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association, IMDA 2008, 18/06/08.

Changes in Business Structures: Challenges for Management of Libyan Industry. / Abouazoum, Alafi; de Bruijn, E.J.; Steenhuis, H.J.
Proceedings of the 17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association (IMDA). ed. / E. Kaynak; T.D. Harcar. The International Management Development Association (IMDA), 2008. p. 287-294.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - Changes in Business Structures: Challenges for Management of Libyan Industry

AU - Abouazoum, Alafi

AU - de Bruijn, E.J.

AU - Steenhuis, H.J.

PY - 2008/6/18

Y1 - 2008/6/18

N2 - Libya has become a transition economy due to global industrial and political changes in the past decades. Being for long time under government control has created a number of challenges for the management of the SOEs. The most challenging aspect is firm performance improvement. Based on a pilot study, this paper develops a conceptual model that determines the firm performance after transition. The results show that despite the change of managerial incentive, behaviour and relationship; the performance of investigated firms did not improve. This can be explained by firm’s restructuring, privatisation method, trade openness, and the weak enforcement of law.

AB - Libya has become a transition economy due to global industrial and political changes in the past decades. Being for long time under government control has created a number of challenges for the management of the SOEs. The most challenging aspect is firm performance improvement. Based on a pilot study, this paper develops a conceptual model that determines the firm performance after transition. The results show that despite the change of managerial incentive, behaviour and relationship; the performance of investigated firms did not improve. This can be explained by firm’s restructuring, privatisation method, trade openness, and the weak enforcement of law.

KW - METIS-252913

KW - IR-76013

M3 - Conference contribution

SP - 287

EP - 294

BT - Proceedings of the 17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association (IMDA)

A2 - Kaynak, E.

A2 - Harcar, T.D.

PB - The International Management Development Association (IMDA)

T2 - 17th World Business Congress on The International Management Development Association, IMDA 2008

Y2 - 18 June 2008 through 22 June 2008

ER -