Rent-Seeking Behaviour in the Power Market Case Solution
This case focuses on the part that SOC plays in overseeing return of power companies. Furthermore, it looks at the contractual related issues it faced with HEC and CLP in 2002 as well as with a strong public demand for measures to ease economic pain, the government was caught in the middle on whether to allow tariffs to be raised by the electricity businesses. This note highlights the rent-seeking behavior of various interest groups and it also identifies the effects of SOC on the functionality of the two electricity companies. The said discoveries create a factual basis that is useful for initiating discussions related to company strategy and government policy.
This is just an excerpt. This case is about GLOBAL BUSINESS
PUBLICATION DATE: June 23, 2004
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