Czech Republic
Composition of Industrial Ownership

(Percent of Shares Held)

Source: Katsoulacos and Takla, excerpted in EBRD Table 8.2.

This table shows the composition of ownership of firms in the Czech Republic. It is based on a survey of 257 manufacturing firms in 1994. The dominant type of ownership is defined as the form of ownership that includes more than 50% of shares of the firm. The ownership type "outsiders" does not include foreign investors, which are grouped in a separate category. The table categorizes the surveyed firms by dominant ownership type and gives for each dominant ownership type the percent of shares held by different ownership forms. Thus the columns should add to 100%; they differ slightly from 100% because of rounding errors.

This table shows that, in terms of shareholding, the dominant forms of ownership in the Czech Republic are relatively distinctive. The most significant combination of ownership forms are between foreign investors and (domestic) outsiders. Domestic outsiders also share ownership with the state and others to a significant extent. While it is not clear who these others are, they most likely represent other firms, such as a parent enterprise of the firm in question.

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