Privatisation method effects on performance and market orientation of central/eastern European companies

Privatisation in Central and Eastern Europe was introduced to encourage competition in companies with subsequent beneficial effects on company performance and market orientation. Companies have been privatised by four main methods in these countries depending on the company circumstances before privatisation and leading to different dominant stakeholders after the privatisation. The performance and market orientation of companies privatised by each method are surveyed by mailed questionnaires and differences are found that are attributable to different stakeholder influence as a result of the privatisation method.