{"id":9812,"date":"2018-12-14T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/?page_id=9812"},"modified":"2022-03-11T16:25:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:25:54","slug":"state-owned-enterprises-on-all-government-levels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/en\/research\/commission-ep\/themes-en-cours-ep\/state-owned-enterprises-on-all-government-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"State-owned enterprises on all government levels 2019-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0State-owned enterprises on all government levels<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2019 \u2013 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In late 2017, CIRIEC\u2019 Scientific Commission PE\/PS launched an in-depth reflection process to come out with new research topics and a more functional operating structure, adapted to practical organisational issues and members\u2019 research affinities.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, a questionnaire was sent to all members of the Commission to inquire on research topics to explore and on the possibility to create working groups around topics of major interest.<\/p>\n<p>Following this process, five main research themes emerged, each one led by one Commission member-coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>The new research themes deal with topical issues concerning \u201cState-owned enterprises on all government levels\u201d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women representation in SOEs<\/li>\n<li>Accountability<\/li>\n<li>Inter-governmental organizations<\/li>\n<li>Remunicipalization<\/li>\n<li>Performance of SOEs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Various working groups were set up in mid-2019; some experts worked at the national level, but due to the occurrence of the COVID-19 health crisis, most stopped working at the international level.<br \/>\nOnly one of the 5 working groups was effectively operational and able to carry out its work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accountability, anti-corruption and transparency policies in publicly-owned enterprises (POEs)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Andrea Zatti, Universit\u00e0 de Pavia, Italy<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTATION\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ZATTI-nr.-2-Accountability-research-Group-operational-programme-summer-2019-rev..pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic<br \/>\n<\/strong>The aim of the research project is to focus on a specific issue concerning the management of Publicly-owned enterprises-POEs which is the internalisation of effective corruption prevention mechanisms.<br \/>\nThe project proposal aims at filling this gap by understanding the state of implementation of different anti-corruption and compliance measures in POEs in several European, or even extra-European countries.<br \/>\nIn order to properly implement the project, the working group will be composed by a group of minimum 5-6 researchers, coming from different nationalities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome<br \/>\n<\/strong>One Ciriec WP introducing the general issue<br \/>\nSeveral Ciriec WP on national case studies<br \/>\nScientific contributions on peer reviewed journals including general multi-countries findings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested<\/strong><strong> timeline<br \/>\n<\/strong>18 months project. May be shorter if grants or specific funds can be obtained.<br \/>\nIt can be started in spring 2019, having final reports ready in autumn 2020.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A webinar was held on 4 June 2020 about &#8220;<strong><em>Accountability,\u00a0anti-corruption\u00a0and transparency policies\u00a0in Public owned enterprises (POEs)<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; . It was coordinated by\u00a0\u00a0Andrea Zatti, Universit\u00e0 de Pavia (IT).<\/p>\n<p>More info and presentations are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/en\/event-ciriec\/open-seminar-accountability-anti-corruption-and-transparency-policies-in-public-owned-enterprises-poes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication 2020-2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/en\/publications\/ouvrages\/accountability-anti-corruption-and-transparency-policies-in-public-owned-enterprises-poes-part-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACCOUNTABILITY, ANTI-CORRUPTION, AND TRANSPARENCY POLICIES IN\u00a0PUBLIC-OWNED ENTERPRISES (POEs):\u00a0PART I (CIRIEC Studies Series; 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Here below a description of other working groups for 2019:<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Working groups and leading researcher(s)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Determinants of representation of women as executive directors in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in 20 different countries:\u00a0 comparative data set and analysis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ulf\u00a0Papenfu\u00df, Zeppelin Universit\u00e4t Friedrichshafen, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTATION\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1.-Representation-of-Women-and-Pay-Disclosure-SOEs_Ulf-Papenfuss-10-March-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic<br \/>\n<\/strong>The research project focuses on two main aspects of the general issue of representation of women in SOEs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>the representation of women as Executive Directors<\/strong> in State-Owned Enterprises on all Government levels and the effects of public corporate governance codes;<\/li>\n<li><strong>the disclosure of Executive Directors pay<\/strong> of State-Owned Enterprises on all Government levels and the effects of public corporate governance codes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inter-governmental organizations at the local level \u2013 a viable approach?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ola Mattisson &amp; Anna Thomasson, University of Lund, Sweden<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic<br \/>\n<\/strong>The proposal suggests a broad research approach to generate more knowledge, empirically and theoretically, about local government organizations which make joint efforts to reach large-scale advantages and possibilities to share critical resources and competencies.<br \/>\nThe research will aim at analyzing whether there are different governance structures and systems that are useful and to what extent they are dependent on a specific institutional setting.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, three overall dimensions of analysis will be investigated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do we know about efficiency and outcome in this type of organizations?<\/li>\n<li>What are the implications and consequences in terms of governance and at the local level?<\/li>\n<li>What are the implications and consequences in terms of transparency and accountability at the local level?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scope to republicisation \u2013 territorial re-appropriation of services of general economic interest<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pierre Bauby, R\u00e9seau RAP (Reconstruire l\u2019Action Publique), France<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTATION\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Republicisation-2020_revLC.pdf\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>The working group will focus on the phenomena of the regain of renationalisations (often regarded as provisional to surpass the effects of the crisis) and of remunicipalisations, in particular in the water-wastewater sector and in the electricity sector.<\/p>\n<p>The research will aim at collecting the \u2018weak signals\u2019 proving or, on the contradictory, disabling or tempering the indicated phenomena, in order to analyse the new forms that are emerging, the obstacles encountered, the resistances of the previous models of organisation, etc.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Comparative Studies of the Performance of State-Owned Enterprise in Selected Sectors<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eoin Reeves and Donal Palcic, University of Limerick, Ireland<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTATION\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciriec.uliege.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5.-Harmonised-Study-of-SOE-Performance_Reeves-Palcic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic<br \/>\n<\/strong>This study seeks to conduct a harmonised cross-country analysis of the performance of public enterprises in selected sectors.\u00a0 The proposed study also aims to conduct a harmonised analysis of the financial performance of SOEs in chosen sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The study will involve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The selection of countries;<\/li>\n<li>The selection of sectors and enterprises (e.g. postal services and transport companies)<\/li>\n<li>The identification of appropriate performance indicators (see below)<\/li>\n<li>The selection of a suitable and practical time period.<\/li>\n<li>The publication of results (refereed journal articles or edited volume)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is proposed that the participants in this study adopt a sophisticated methodology for measuring productivity, such as total factor productivity (TFP), data envelopment analysis (DEA) or stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) where appropriate data is available. The precise methodology adopted will depend on the type of data available over time, and a common approach must be agreed by participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0State-owned enterprises on all government levels 2019 \u2013 2020 In late 2017, CIRIEC\u2019 Scientific Commission PE\/PS launched an in-depth reflection process to come out with new research topics and a more functional operating structure, adapted to practical organisational issues and members\u2019 research affinities. 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