Public Enterprises Research Articles

Transparency and Digitalization in Water Services: Reality or Still a Dream?

The provision of public services, mostly by local governments, has been widely analyzed in the scientific literature. The relevance of these services has generated an incipient demand for information on the part of citizens, which makes it necessary for the bodies responsible for their provision to present adequate levels of transparency. In this context, digitalization is a crucial tool for providing information to citizens and, therefore, contributing to improving the levels of transparency of those organizations that provide public services. Among these, the drinking water supply service stands out, which is crucial for well-being and sustainable progress, and whose analysis is of vital importance, especially in countries such as Spain affected by factors such as climate change and urbanization. In this way, the aim of this paper is to analyze the degree of transparency of the companies providing water supply services in Spain, as well as their degree of digitalization. To this end, a relationship will be established between the Transparency Index of Public Enterprises (INDEP) and the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE), which measure the degree of transparency and digitalization, respectively. This relationship will be established for a sample of 59 companies responsible for water supply. The main results derived from this study show a wide margin for improvement on the part of the companies analyzed, both in terms of transparency and digitalization, as the vast majority of these companies show a medium–low degree of compliance in both aspects.

Understanding the Failures of Public Enterprises and Re-Engendering the Pursuit for Development in the Contemporary Nigeria

Over the years, there have been a vacuum on service delivery, governance and citizens welfare in Nigeria. Alot of factors could be responsible for it. However, it seems the agencies set up by government to provide public goods and services are not in anyway performing near mediocre level. It is against this backdrop, this study focused on understanding the failures of Public enterprises and re-engendering the pursuit for development in the contemporary Nigeria. We made use of the historical design, which is a qualitative research method. Our data was collected from secondary means like journals, articles, text books, publications, internet, etc. The tenets of the economic development theory were used to explain our argument. From the study, it was discovered that, the public enterprises created by government to provide public goods and services have failed in many regards, despite some actions taken by the government to addressing the problems it looks like it is a step forward and two steps backwards, that the Nigerian economy is a developing one as there are some minor breakthroughs recorded overtime, privatization though a very strong solution to addressing the public enterprises failure should not be considered a blanket solution, the government must be deliberate in providing the enabling environment for private companies to thrive.

Advancing interreligious education through the principles of SeMoshoeshoe

In this theoretical article, I have expressed sympathy for the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Lesotho over their worries about the marginalisation and prejudice of the Islamic faith in public settings. The article also takes into account the fact that the worry highlighted in respect to Islam religion comes at a time when demands for inclusive social, political, cultural and educational systems are being considered on a global scale. Education, which is considered a public enterprise, is rife with religious exclusionary practices in Lesotho. Only Christian education is taught in public schools; other religious traditions are not, most notably Basotho traditional religion. I employed cultural approach discourse (CAD) analysis and philosophical theory of pluriversality to argue that discrimination, particularly in education and religion, is against Basotho culture as enshrined in the SeMoshoeshoe values. I advocated utilising ‘sekoele’ – or returning to SeMoshoeshoe – principles of religious border pedagogy and religious public pedagogy to counteract the teaching of religion that is biased and marginalises other religious traditions.Contribution: The general contribution of this article is to advocate for interreligious education, which plays a crucial role in creating a tolerant, empathetic and inclusive society. It emphasises the significance of people from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds living and collaborating harmoniously. The article encourages empowerment to participate in constructive dialogues, embrace diversity and actively contribute to a more peaceful and unified global community.

Understanding tacit knowledge loss in public enterprises of South Africa

Orientation: South African state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are facing a perpetual struggle of institutional tacit knowledge loss, which poses a risk to these entities and threatens their sustainability. The research project endeavoured to tackle these challenges from knowledge management (KM) and human resource management (HRM) perspectives and proposes a plethora of integrated knowledge-driven HRM processes to mitigate risks associated with loss of tacit knowledge.Research purpose: The study provides an integrated understanding of the issues relating to the causes of enterprise tacit knowledge loss and extent to which there is recognition of company knowledge loss in selected SOEs in South Africa.Motivation for the study: There is limited research that provides an integrated approach to tacit knowledge loss from KM and HRM standpoints.Research approach/design and method: The exploratory sequential mixed-methods research design was used in this study. In the qualitative phase of this research, data were collected from the annual reports of the SOEs and unstructured interviews with 20 purposively selected human resource (HR) managers, which was subsequently analysed thematically using ATLAS.ti software. The quantitative data from 145 out of 585 respondents were analysed statistically using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS).Main findings: The study revealed that organisational tacit knowledge loss is largely caused by voluntary and involuntary employee turnover and a lack of retention strategies. This adversely affects the knowledge base and the knowledge absorptive and protective capacities of the SOEs.Practical implications/managerial implications: The study concludes that the journey for ensuring effective knowledge transfer and retention of valuable enterprise knowledge starts with the appreciation of knowledge as a key firm-specific strategic issue.Contribution/value-add: This study offers an integrated understanding of the causes of tacit knowledge loss for effective management in SOEs researched interdependently from KM and HRM perspectives.

Dissemination analysis of SDGs in sustainability reports to enhance corporate communication strategy

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the heart of the management of public and private enterprises. Organizations have incorporated the SDGs into their business strategy by developing actions that they disseminate in their reports. In the last decade, academic research has paid special attention to this development, publishing a growing number of studies on the subject with the emergence of a specific line of research in the area of sustainability: sustainability reporting. In this context, this paper aims to show a methodology that serves as a tool to analyze the disclosure of SDGs in the sustainability reports. This methodology has three stages. First, a lexicographic analysis of sustainability reports has been carried out, second, a correspondence analysis, and third, outlining through “guided questions” how the information obtained can be useful to analyze SDG communication strategy. For further illustration the methodology has been applied to a company in the Spanish agri-food sector: Ebro Foods. This work has both academic and professional implications by providing a guideline for SDG dissemination analysis in sustainability reports and, on the other hand, by providing the business world with an analysis tool that serves to improve communication strategies in the field of sustainability.

Towards social responsibility 2.0 for Moroccan public establishments and enterprises: Artificial intelligence and new technologies at the service of sustainable development

<p>This work explores the transition to intelligent corporate social responsibility (CSR) 2.0, an advanced approach to CSR that integrates artificial intelligence and new technologies to promote sustainability and efficiency. In Morocco, this evolution is of great importance, as it is part of the ambitious national vision of sustainable development, with objectives to reduce environmental impact and promote transparency. Moroccan public establishments and enterprises (PEE), as key players in crucial sectors such as energy, water and infrastructure, have already begun to develop CSR strategies. However, it has become clear that the shift towards intelligent Social Responsibility of the Organizations (RSO or OSR) based on artificial intelligence and new technologies is essential to meet current and future challenges. This subject is of paramount importance in the Moroccan context, as it offers a concrete means of achieving the country’s sustainability goals while strengthening regional leadership. In addition, it opens the door to future research and studies in this field, encouraging other researchers to explore this promising avenue which has positive potential for humanity as a whole, creating responsible and sustainable development models for the future.</p>

How the constitution shapes economic governance: Balancing law and economics in post-war countries

The Constitution of Kosovo establishes the basis of the country’s political system, the fundamental rights, and the functioning of the economy. Laws in post-communist societies are crucial for creating a reliable legal environment for economic development. This paper explores the role of the Constitution in regulating economic governance and its impact on public-owned enterprises. Also, the aim of this paper is to highlight, through this case resulting from the approach to the economy, the administration of the economy through legal norms. To present such a relationship, the case of Trepça JSC has been examined, analyzing the legal and constitutional regulations within the context of economic development. For a more comprehensive perspective, this case has been analyzed within the context of history, and politics, but not only. It can be concluded that strong state regulation is required to ensure stability, emphasizing the intricate nature of state intervention in the economy within the constitutional framework, as evidenced by constitutional and legal provisions governing public enterprises such as Trepça, with the suggestion of amendments to address regulatory gaps. The paper serves as a foundation for further research into the constitutional and legal regulation of public enterprises and their relationship with the economy. Additionally, it provides a comparative basis for future studies in this field.

Enhancing Organizational Adaptability in Public Enterprises: The Role of Communication Techniques in Stimulating Entrepreneurial Risk-Taking Behaviour

Enhancing Organizational Adaptability in Public Enterprises: The Role of Communication Techniques in Stimulating Entrepreneurial Risk-Taking Behaviour

Exploring the Extent of Sustainability Disclosure in Indian Companies: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Enterprises

Exploring the Extent of Sustainability Disclosure in Indian Companies: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Enterprises

The impact of compensation on the job satisfaction of public sector enterprises in Saudi Arabia

This study aims to investigate the impact of compensation on job satisfaction among public sector employees and to pinpoint the effect of financial compensation (salary, incentives, and perks) on job satisfaction. The study was conducted by taking a sample of 105 managers, supervisors, and employees of public/government sector organizations in Saudi Arabia. Questionnaires are employed for data collection purposes and the processing of data SPSS software has been used. The findings of this study demonstrate that salary has a big impact on job satisfaction. Most of the related studies have focused on various internal and external factors related to jobs that influence job satisfaction. In this study compensation, pay, and its impact on job satisfaction are being tried to measure.

Quality improvement at public catering enterprises

Quality improvement at public catering enterprises

Performance Improvement - A Driver of Enterprise Information Systems for Public Sector Transformation: Lessons for Developing Countries

The performance of public sector institutions has been a major concern across the globe. Performance improvement has been a matter of persistent pursuit across a variety of countries, particularly in developing countries contexts. It is generally believed that the private sector usually outperforms the public sector counterpart. It can be argued that if the public sector institutions can increase their performance like the private sector counterpart, the level of social development and economic growth, particularly in developing countries, could be exponential since the public sector is the foundation upon which the private sector drives development. However, a variety of factors prevent public sector institutions from competing with their private sector counterparts. The cultures and sentiments are different in the two sectors. For example, private organisations are profit-driven and they operate in highly competitive and performance-based environments. Therefore, performance is key to their success. Meanwhile, public institutions are social and public service-driven in nature. They are owned by the government and are politically motivated. Public institutions that want to transform and achieve accelerated performance and impact will fundamentally jettison some public service culture and embrace new, dynamic, forward-looking approaches and best practices.Research findings and empirical evidence have shown that information systems are great enablers of an organisation’s increased performance and total transformation. However, the people’s roles in shaping how information systems work, deliver value and transform organisations, especially, public institutions, is fundamental. Without people’s understanding, buy-in, capability and optimal adoption and use of information systems, an organisation’s performance and transformation will remain elusive. Public institutions need to take actions that both boost performance and inspire their people. This research paper practically demonstrates how enterprise performance, transformation and information systems are related using the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) as a case. The research validates how public sector enterprise performance and its four indicators (efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and responsiveness) drive enterprise transformation and its four major enablers (leadership, strategy, management and innovation practices) and how the transformation enablers are shaping and optimising adoption and use of enterprise information systems. The whole process is like a cycle. That is, the three performance indicators are accelerated when enterprise information systems are optimally used even with limited investment and budget provision. Having optimally deployed information systems naturally enables (helps to implement) enterprise transformation effectively. It clearly shows that an optimised enterprise information system is critical to enterprise performance and transformation.

Framework for performance evaluation of public sector enterprises A multi-criteria decision-making approach

Framework for performance evaluation of public sector enterprises A multi-criteria decision-making approach

К ВОПРОСУ РАЗВИТИЯ ИННОВАЦИОННОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ В РАМКАХ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ПРОЕКТОВ КОСМИЧЕСКОЙ ПРОМЫШЛЕННОСТИ

The article explores the organizational and economic mechanism with a high component of innovative activity for the implementation of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the space industry. The author draws attention to the outflow of foreign capital and highly qualified specialists from Russia, and proposes to use public-private partnerships for the sustainable development of the country and intensification of innovation activities. The article emphasizes that the integration of public and private enterprises in the space industry will allow them to combine their resources, overcome industry problems and reduce the costs of producing space products. The importance of granting rights to use state infrastructure, preferential lending to small and medium-sized businesses, marketing activities and improving industrial management within the framework of the organizational and economic mechanism is also discussed.

Water Statistical Survey and Data Application- Analysis and Practice Based on Zhejiang Province

Since the pilot water use statistics survey in Zhejiang Province in 2015, the list of water users in the province’s water use statistics survey has reached 7,899, with industrial and domestic direct reporting accounting for 94% of the total. By sorting out the problems and analyzing the causes in the implementation process of the water use statistics survey system, this paper proposes methods to improve the collection of water use data from public water supply enterprises, the backflow analysis of statistical direct reporting data, and the detailed rules for data review, as well as measures to solve problems. It also looks forward to the construction of a water index system that can predict economic changes and its application.

Unravelling the drivers of turnover intention to public sector enterprises

Unravelling the drivers of turnover intention to public sector enterprises

Особливості обліково-аналітичного забезпечення інвестиційного аудиту

Accounting and analytical support occupies one of the main places in the system of investment audit of enterprises, the implementation of which contributes to strengthening the investment potential, strengthening the competitiveness and social status of enterprises of public interest, improving business conditions and creating potential for increasing the profitability of manufactured products. The purpose of the article is to analyze the state of accounting and analytical support of investment audit of enterprises of public interest, as well as to establish the further vector of its development. The article summarizes the state and development strategy of the investment audit of public interest enterprises. The content of accounting and analytical support of investment audit and the directions of further development are disclosed, the views of scientists on the development of the subject area of knowledge and practical activity are systematized. The concept of "accounting and analytical support of investment audit" is substantiated, its purpose and tasks are determined. Its main elements are formulated and we offer approaches to improving the methodology according to the stages of conducting an investment audit of the activities of enterprises of public interest. Accounting and analytical support for investment audit is an information system that includes the accounting, analytical and control subsystems, the purpose of which is to provide the auditor, stakeholders and investors with high-quality and timely economic information for making informed decisions and ensuring the conduct of a high-quality investment audit.

An Assessment of the Impact of Partial Commercialization on Financial Performance of Public Enterprises (State-Owned Enterprises) in Nigeria

This study investigated the impact of partial commercialization on the financial performance of public enterprises (state- owned enterprises) in Nigeria. This study employed both expo factor research, and descriptive research designs. Population of this study is made up of all NTA stations in Nigeria as at 30th June, 2023. Secondary source of data is collected from the financial statements of the NTA covering a period of 2001 to 2021 financial years. This study used both descriptive and inferential analyses. The study found that partial commercialization has positive significant influence on the pattern of expenditures of NTA, The study equally finds that Share of Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC)-statutory has negative significant while Aid and grant has positive significant impact on interest earned by NTA and Finally, the study discovers that there is no significant relationship between both share of Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC)-statutory allocation, and Aid and grant on non-tax revenue generated by NTA in respect to financial performance, impliedly meaning there is no significant impact between the partial commercialization and non-tax revenue generated by NTA. The study therefore recommended that the government enhance its funding allocation for Aid and Grants by increasing the provision of television and studio equipment, transmitters, outside broadcasting vans, masts, and generators to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the analysis ultimately reveals that the establishment of additional NTA stations at the local level has resulted in the depletion of people and material resources within the organisation. Consequently, this has placed a greater strain on the management of NTA stations and has diminished their financial performance. As a result, the report suggests that in light of the digitization of NTA, the government should consider reducing the number of NTA stations to solely encompass state capitals and Abuja. This strategic move aims to effectively curtail the operational costs associated with managing 116 stations.

Determinants of effective tax rates of public enterprises as an indication of tax avoidance on profit tax

Determinants of effective tax rates of public enterprises as an indication of tax avoidance on profit tax

Relevance and sustainability of public enterprises in the African economy of today: a case of Botswana

Relevance and sustainability of public enterprises in the African economy of today: a case of Botswana