Joint owned companies as instrument of Local Government: Comparative evidence from the Swedish and Italian water sector
(2011) The International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) 2010 In Policy Studies 32(3). p.277-289- Abstract
- The combination of features from the public and private sectors in jointly owned companies imposes challenges to the governance and control mechanisms of these organisations, which have been criticised for lacking accountability. Where there is fragmented ownership, the interests of different owners need to be coordinated. The aim of this article is to consider how such companies can be governed in order to avoid this lack of accountability. The focus is on Swedish and Italian experience with joint public–private water supply companies in the local government area. The analysis draws on the literature on corporate governance in the public sector and shows that, even though contextual differences exist between the Swedish and Italian cases,... (More)
- The combination of features from the public and private sectors in jointly owned companies imposes challenges to the governance and control mechanisms of these organisations, which have been criticised for lacking accountability. Where there is fragmented ownership, the interests of different owners need to be coordinated. The aim of this article is to consider how such companies can be governed in order to avoid this lack of accountability. The focus is on Swedish and Italian experience with joint public–private water supply companies in the local government area. The analysis draws on the literature on corporate governance in the public sector and shows that, even though contextual differences exist between the Swedish and Italian cases, there are also similarities in regard to the need to manage the conflicts of interests that surface due to fragmented ownership. (Less)
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- Grossi, Guiseppe and Thomasson, Anna LU
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- 2011
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- in
- Policy Studies
- volume
- 32
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 277 - 289
- publisher
- Routledge
- conference name
- The International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) 2010
- conference location
- Berne, Switzerland
- conference dates
- 2010-04-07 - 2010-04-09
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- scopus:79957996904
- wos:000293737400008
- ISSN
- 0144-2872
- DOI
- 10.1080/01442872.2011.561695
- language
- English
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- yes
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