Contact Professor David Parker
Background
David is the UK Government's Official Historian of Privatisation and a Member of the Government's Regulatory Policy Committee. Formerly he was a Member of the UK Competition Commission and remains Emeritus Professor of Privatisation and Regulation at Cranfield.
David has considerable experience of privatisation and regulation internationally, dating back to the 1970s. He has undertaken consultancy and training on privatisation, regulation and competition policy in the UK, the Russian Federation, Trinidad, Germany, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Mexico, Cyprus, Germany, South Africa, Australia, Jamaica, Malawi, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Jersey, Hungary, Thailand and Vietnam. In addition, he has published 13 books on privatisation or regulation and over 50 research papers and book chapters. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the British Academy of Management.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- PARKER D. (2016). PRIVATIZATION OF THE UK'S PUBLIC UTILITIES: THE BIRTH OF THE POLICY 1979-1984. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 87(1)
- Parker D. (2014). Selling the Royal Mail. Public Money & Management, 34(4)
- Parker D. (2014). Privatisation of the
R oyalM ail: Third Time Lucky?. Economic Affairs, 34(1) - Parker D. (2013). The privatized railways: problems foreseen. Public Money & Management, 33(5)
- PARKER D. (2013). PRIVATIZATION AND THE LABOUR GOVERNMENTS 1997-2010. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 84(4)
- Gibbons M & Parker D. (2013). New development: Recent changes to the UK's regulatory process. Public Money & Management, 33(6)
- Gibbons M & Parker D. (2012). Impact assessments and better regulation: the role of the UK's Regulatory Policy Committee. Public Money & Management, 32(4)
- Parker D. (2012). THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF REGULATION ‐ edited by Robert Baldwin, Martin Cave and Martin Lodge. Public Administration, 90(2)
- Urakami T & Parker D. (2011). The Effects of Consolidation amongst Japanese Water Utilities. Urban Studies, 48(13)
- Karner C & Parker D. (2011). Conviviality and Conflict: Pluralism, Resilience and Hope in Inner-City Birmingham. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37(3)
- Parker D & Karner C. (2010). Reputational geographies and urban social cohesion. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33(8)
- Figueira C, Nellis JG & Parker D. (2009). Banking performance and technological change in non-core EU countries: A study of Spain and Portugal. Studies in Economics and Finance, 26(3)
- Parker D. (2009). EDITORIAL: PPP/PFI – SOLUTION OR PROBLEM?. Economic Affairs, 29(1)
- Parker D. (2009). Debate: History of privatization. Public Money & Management, 29(3)
- Parker D & Song M. (2009). NEW ETHNICITIES AND THE INTERNET. Cultural Studies, 23(4)
- Arnold MF & Parker D. (2008). Stock market perceptions of the motives for mergers in cases reviewed by the UK competition authorities. Managerial and Decision Economics, 30(4)
- Zhang Y-F, Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2008). Electricity sector reform in developing countries: an econometric assessment of the effects of privatisation, competition and regulation. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 33(2)
- Karner C & Parker D. (2008). Religion versus Rubbish: Deprivation and Social Capital in Inner-City Birmingham. Social Compass, 55(4)
- Arnold MF & Parker D. (2007). UK Competition Policy and Shareholder Value: The Impact of Merger Inquiries. British Journal of Management, 18(1)
- Jalilian H, Kirkpatrick C & Parker D. (2007). The impact of regulation on economic growth in developing countries: a cross-country analysis. World Development, 35(1)
- Leask G & Parker D. (2007). Strategic groups, competitive groups and performance within the U.K. pharmaceutical industry: Improving our understanding of the competitive process. Strategic Management Journal, 28(7)
- Willner J & Parker D. (2007). The Performance of Public and Private Enterprise under Conditions of Active and Passive Ownership and Competition and Monopoly. Journal of Economics, 90(3)
- Wu H-L & Parker D. (2007). The Determinants of Post-Privatization Efficiency Gains: The Taiwanese Experience. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 28(3)
- Chen J & Parker D. (2007). Taiwan's Textile and Clothing SME Response to Globalization. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, 8(2)
- Dassler T, Parker D & Saal DS. (2006). Methods and trends of performance benchmarking in UK utility regulation. Utilities Policy, 14(3)
- Leask G & Parker D. (2006). Strategic group theory: review, examination and application in the UK pharmaceutical industry. Journal of Management Development, 25(4)
- Figueira C, Nellis JG & Parker D. (2006). Does Ownership Affect the Efficiency of African Banks?. The Journal of Developing Areas, 40(1)
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang Y-F. (2006). An empirical analysis of state and private-sector provision of water services in Africa. The World Bank Economic Review, 20(1)
- Crew MA & Parker D. (2006). Preface. International Handbook on Economic Regulation
- Parker D & Song M. (2006). New Ethnicities Online: Reflexive Racialisation and the Internet. The Sociological Review, 54(3)
- Parker D & Song M. (2006). Ethnicity, Social Capital and the Internet. Ethnicities, 6(2)
- Parker D. (2006). LIMITS TO PRIVATIZATION: HOW TO AVOID TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Economic Affairs, 26(1)
- Parker D. (2006). Regulatory Impact Assessment.
- KIRKPATRICK C, PARKER D & ZHANG Y-F. (2005). PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA: THE IMPACT OF REGULATION. The Singapore Economic Review, 50(spec0)
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D. (2005). Domestic Regulation and the WTO: The Case of Water Services in Developing Countries. The World Economy, 28(10)
- Zhang Y, Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2005). Competition, regulation and privatisation of electricity generation in developing countries: does the sequencing of the reforms matter?. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 45(2-3)
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2005). Regulating prices and profits in utility industries in low‐income economies. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 18(3)
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang Y-F. (2005). Price and Profit Regulation in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of the Regulators. Public Money and Management, 25(2)
- KIRKPATRICK C, PARKER D & ZHANG Y-F. (2005). PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA: THE IMPACT OF REGULATION. The Singapore Economic Review, 50(spec01)
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2005). Privatisation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and the Policy Lessons. Journal of Development Studies, 41(4)
- Tyrrall D & Parker D. (2005). The Fragmentation of a Railway: A Study of Organizational Change. Journal of Management Studies, 42(3)
- Daßler T & Parker D. (2004). Harmony or disharmony in the regulation and the promotion of competition in EU telecommunications? A survey of the regulatory offices. Utilities Policy, 12(1)
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D. (2004). Regulatory impact assessment and regulatory governance in developing countries. Public Administration and Development, 24(4)
- Parker D. (2004). EDITORIAL: LESSONS FROM PRIVATISATION. Economic Affairs, 24(3)
- Zhang & Y-F & Parker D. (2004). Labour and Total Factor Productivity in the Chinese Electronics Industry in the 1990s. International Review of Applied Economics, 18(1)
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang Y-F. (2004). Regulatory Impact Assessment in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of Current Practice. Public Money & Management, 24(5)
- Saal DS & Parker D. (2004). The comparative impact of privatization and regulation on productivity growth in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry, 1985–99. International Journal of Regulation and Governance, 4(2)
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D. (2004). Editorial: Regulatory Impact Assessment—An Overview. Public Money & Management, 24(5)
- Parker D. (2003). Performance, risk and strategy in privatised, regulated industries. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 16(1)
- Parker D & Saal D. (2003). Introduction. International Handbook on Privatization
- Parker D & Hartley K. (2003). Transaction costs, relational contracting and public private partnerships: a case study of UK defence. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 9(3)
- Parker D & Saal D. (2003). Preface. International Handbook on Privatization
- Parker D. (2002). Economic Regulation: a review of issues. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 73(4)
- Zhang Y-F & Parker D. (2002). The Impact of Ownership on Management and Structures in the Chinese Electronics Industry. Asia Pacific Business Review, 8(3)
- Daßler T, Parker D & Saal DS. (2002). Economic performance in European telecommunications, 1978‐1998: a comparative study. European Business Review, 14(3)
- Parker D. (2001). Good Companions: Decorative, Informative or Interrogative? The Role of Social Theory Textbooks. Sociology, 35(1)
- Saal DS & Parker D. (2001). Productivity and Price Performance in the Privatized Water and Sewerage Companies of England and Wales. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 20(1)
- Whitby S, Parker D & Tobias A. (2001). Non-linear dynamics and duopolistic competition: a R&D model and simulation. Journal of Business Research, 51(3)
- Li X, Liu X & Parker D. (2001). Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers in the Chinese manufacturing sector. Economic Systems, 25(4)
- Liu X, Parker D, Vaidya K & Wei Y. (2001). The impact of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in the Chinese electronics industry. International Business Review, 10(4)
- Bennett D, Liu X, Parker D, Steward F & Vaidya K. (2001). Technology transfer to China: a study of strategy in 20 EU industrial companies. International Journal of Technology Management, 21(1/2)
- Kavanagh I & Parker D. (2000). Managing the contract: A transaction cost analysis of externalisation. Local Government Studies, 26(4)
- Cox A & Parker D. (2000). Improving the effectiveness of external resource management: strategic and operational lessons from the privatisation experience in the UK. International Journal of Business Performance Management, 2(4)
- Saal DS & Parker D. (2000). The impact of privatization and regulation on the water and sewerage industry in England and Wales: a translog cost function model. Managerial and Decision Economics, 21(6)
- Parker D. (1999). The performance of BAA before and after privatisation a DE a study. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 33(2)
- Parker D. (1999). Regulation of privatised public utilities in the UK: performance and governance. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 12(3)
- Parker D. (1999). Privatization in the European Union: A Critical Assessment of its Development, Rationale and Consequences. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 20(1)
- Parker D. (1999). Water and Waste Water Services in the Russian Federation: A Study of Four Vodokanaly. Post-Communist Economies, 11(2)
- Parker D. (1999). Regulating Public Utilities: Lessons from the UK Experience. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 65(1)
- Wei Y, Liu X, Parker D & Vaidya K. (1999). The Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in China. Regional Studies, 33(9)
- Parker D. (1998). Market process management. Strategic Change, 7(4)
- Parker D. (1998). Reducing Regulatory Risk: The Case for a New Regulatory Contract with the Privatized Utilities. Public Money and Management, 18(4)
- Cox A, Harris L & Parker D. (1998). The impact of privatisation on procurement management: evidence from seven privatised companies in the UK. European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 4(2-3)
- Harris L, Parker D & Cox A. (1998). UK Privatization: Its Impact on Procurement. British Journal of Management, 9(s1)
- Parker D. (1997). Price cap regulation, profitability and returns to investors in the UK regulated industries. Utilities Policy, 6(4)
- Parker D. (1997). Viewpoint: Why Bother with Durkheim? Teaching Sociology in the 1990s. The Sociological Review, 45(1)
- Pan W & Parker D. (1997). A Study of Management Attitudes in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises, Collectives and Joint Ventures. Asia Pacific Business Review, 3(3)
- Parker D & Hartley K. (1997). The economics of partnership sourcing versus adversarial competition: a critique. European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 3(2)
- Boussofiane A, Martin S & Parker D. (1997). The impact on technical efficiency of the UK privatization programme. Applied Economics, 29(3)
- Parker D & Pan W. (1996). Reform of the state‐owned enterprises in China. Communist Economies and Economic Transformation, 8(1)
- Parker D & Martin S. (1996). The impact of UK privatization on employment, profits and the distribution of business income. Public Money & Management, 16(1)
- Parker D. (1995). Privatization and the internal environment. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 8(2)
- Parker D. (1995). Privatization and Agency Status: Identifying the Critical Factors for Performance Improvement. British Journal of Management, 6(1)
- Song M & Parker D. (1995). Commonality, Difference and the Dynamics of Disclosure in In-Depth Interviewing. Sociology, 29(2)
- Parker D & Martin S. (1995). THE IMPACT OF UK PRIVATISATION ON LABOUR AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 42(2)
- Martin S & Parker D. (1995). Privatization and economic performance throughout the UK business cycle. Managerial and Decision Economics, 16(3)
- Parker D. (1994). Privatisation and the Internal Environment: Developing Our Knowledge of Change‐Management. Management Research News, 17(7/8/9)
- Parker D. (1994). Encounters across the counter: Young Chinese people in Britain. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 20(4)
- Parker D. (1994). The last post for privatization? Prospects for privatizing the postal services. Public Money & Management, 14(3)
- Parker D. (1992). Agency Status, Privatization and Improved Performance: Some Evidence from the UK. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 5(1)
- Parker D & Hartley K. (1991). Do changes in organizational status affect financial performance?. Strategic Management Journal, 12(8)
- Parker D & Hartley K. (1991). Organizational status and performance: the effects on employment. Applied Economics, 23(2)
- DUNSIRE A, HARTLEY K & PARKER D. (1991). ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS A PERFORMANCE: SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS. Public Administration, 69(1)
- HARTLEY K, PARKER D & MARTIN S. (1991). Organisational Status, Ownership and Productivity. Fiscal Studies, 12(2)
- Parker D & Hartley K. (1990). Competitive tendering: Issues and evidence. Public Money & Management, 10(3)
- Parker D. (1990). The 1988 Local Government Act and Compulsory Competitive Tendering. Urban Studies, 27(5)
- Hartley K, Parker D & Martin S. (1990). Privatisation and performance in the UK energy industry. International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2(3)
- DUNSIRE A, HARTLEY K, PARKER D & DIMITRIOU B. (1988). ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS AND PERFORMANCE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR TESTING PUBLIC CHOICE THEORIES. Public Administration, 66(4)
- Parker D. (1987). The New Right, State Ownership and Privatization: a Critique. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 8(3)
Conference Papers
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D. (2009). The effects of ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America
- Parker D, Kirkpatrick C & Figueira C. (2008). Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: a review of the evidence and a research agenda
- Saal DS, Parker D & Weyman-Jones T. (2007). Determining the contribution of technical change, efficiency change and scale change to productivity growth in the privatized English and Welsh water and sewerage industry: 1985–2000
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang YF. (2006). Foreign direct investment in infrastructure in developing countries: Does regulation make a difference?
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D. (2004). Are international financial markets integrating
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D. (2004). The effects of private versus state and foreign versus domestic ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America
Books
- Parker D. (2016). Enterprise and competition In Handbook of Regulatory Impact Assessment.
- Pan W & Parker D. (2013). The economic restructuring of the state-owned enterprises in China and the implications for European investment In Business Relationships with East Asia. Routledge.
- Parker D. (2012). (Regulatory) Impact Assessment and Better Regulation In Law, Governance and Technology Series (6). Springer Netherlands.
- Parker D. (2012). (Regulatory) Impact assessment and better regulation In Privacy Impact Assessment.
- Figueira C & Parker D. (2011). infrastructure liberalization: Challenges to the new economic paradigm in the context of developing countries In Finger M & Kuenneke RW (eds), International Handbook of Network Industries the Liberalization of Infrastructure. Edward Elgar.
- Parker D & Figueira C. (2010). Ppps in developed and developing economies: What lessons can be learned? In Hodge G, Greve C & Boardman AE (eds), International Handbook on Public Private Partnerships. Edward Elgar.
- Parker D. (2009). The Official History of Privatisation Vol. I
- Parker D. (2009). Our space? Ethnicity, diaspora, and online life In China Abroad Travels Subjects Spaces.
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2007). Regulatory impact assessment in developing countries In Regulatory Impact Assessment Towards Better Regulation.
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D. (2007). Regulatory impact assessment: An overview In Regulatory Impact Assessment Towards Better Regulation.
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D. (2007). Regulatory impact assessment: Towards better regulation?
- Nellis J & Parker D. (2006). Principles of business economics (2nd ed.)
- Parker D. (2006). Enterprise sales: Thatcher leads the charge In Privatization and Market Development Global Movements in Public Policy Ideas.
- Crew MA & Parker D. (2006). Development in the Theory and Practice of Regulatory Economics In International Handbook on Economic Regulation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Crew MA & Parker D. Crew MA & Parker D (eds). (2006). International Handbook on Economic Regulation
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2006). Privatisation and regulation in developing countries In Regulating Utilities and Promoting Competition Lessons for the Future.
- Parker D, Dassler T & Saal DS. (2006). Performance Benchmarking in Utility Regulation: Principles and the UK’s Experience In International Handbook on Economic Regulation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang YF. (2006). A comparative analysis of the performance of public and private water utilities in Africa In Regulating Development Evidence from Africa and Latin America.
- Jalilian H, Kirkpatrick C & Parker D. (2006). Creating the conditions for international business expansion: The impact of regulation on economic growth in developing countries - a cross-country analysis In Regulating Development Evidence from Africa and Latin America.
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- Parker D, Dassler T & Saal DS. (2006). Chapter 6: Performance Benchmarking in Utility Regulation: Principles and the UK’s Experience In International Handbook on Economic Regulation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Crew MA & Parker D. (2006). Chapter 1: Development in the Theory and Practice of Regulatory Economics In International Handbook on Economic Regulation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Parker D. (2005). Rethinking British Chinese identities In Cool Places Geographies of Youth Cultures.
- Cox A, Harris L & Parker D. (2005). Privatization and Supply Chain Management
- Nellis J & Parker D. (2004). Principles of macroeconomics
- Parker D. (2004). Social Identities In Spencer S & Taylor G (eds), Social Identities Multidisciplinary Approaches. Routledge.
- Parker D. (2004). Mixed Race In Social Identities. Routledge.
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2004). Economic regulation in developing countries: a framework for critical analysis In Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Cook P, Kirkpatrick C, Minogue M & Parker D. (2004). Competition, regulation and regulatory governance: an overview In Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Cook P, Kirkpatrick C, Minogue M & Parker D. (2004). Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development
- Cook P, Kirkpatrick C, Minogue M & Parker D. Cook P, Kirkpatrick C, Minogue M & Parker D (eds). (2004). Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C. (2004). Chapter 4: Economic regulation in developing countries: a framework for critical analysis In Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Cook P, Kirkpatrick C, Minogue M & Parker D. (2004). Chapter 1: Competition, regulation and regulatory governance: an overview In Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Weyman-Jones T. (2003). Regulating Prices and Profits In International Handbook on Privatization. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Parker D. (2003). Privatization in the European union In International Handbook on Privatization.
- Parker D. (2003). Privatization and regulation of public utilities: Problems and challenges for developing economies In International Handbook on Privatization.
- Parker D. (2003). Political Communications in Greater China In Rawnsley GD & Rawnsley M-YT (eds), Political Communications in Greater China the Construction and Reflection of Identity. Routledge.
- Parker D & Saal D. (2003). International handbook on privatization
- Nellis J & Parker D. (2002). Principles of business economics (1st ed.)