Evaluation of Privatization Process in Context of Buyer Selection and Assets Evaluation.

Initiation of Privatization was worked upon as measures of economic reforms for improving the performance of sick state owned entities. In Pakistan privatization reforms fall short to deliver its projected objectives. The current study designated two main part of privatization process addressing the objectives of examining the privatization process in the context of buyer selection and assets evaluation. The sentiments of buyer selection and assets' evaluation were adapted and the structured interviews based questions used for data collection. The study conducted the thematic analysis using N-vivo. Generation of themes was made feasible and tested through word tree analysis. The findings of the study include the suggestions i.e. Buyer selection should be transparent and purely on merit base, Buyer should have the relevant knowledge and operational skills. Moreover, in order to evaluate the assets, the study concluded that market base evaluation has to be critically catered for along with the selection of firm which is going to be evaluated. Assets are required to be evaluated keeping in view their future life and production capacity. The study concluded with the measures of successful privatization process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]