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Public Enterprise is a double blind peer-reviewed journal (ISSN 0351-3564), (DOI:10.21571/pehyj) published by International Center for Promotion of Enterprises that aims to disseminate high quality scholarly research and add to the pool of knowledge on the subject of public enterprise by publishing theoretical and empirical academic articles in the field of governance of public enterprises. The regular issues give priority to the topics related to performance measurement, management and monitoring systems, restructuring and privatisation, corporate policy development, comparisons with the private sector and the third sector, public policy relating to the public sector, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. The Journal welcomes both theoretical and applied research materials.
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Latest Issue

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A Comparative Study of China’s Township and Village Enterprises
and India’s Information Technology Industry

Tashi Phuntsok
Vidyasagar College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Manoj Kumar
Centre for Economic Studies & Planning,  School of Social Sciences (SSS-II), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2022.2601.01

 

Profitability prediction in Public Enterprise contracts

Naresh C Saxena
Independent Researcher, Canada
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2022.2601.02

 

Mergers and Acquisitions: Implications for public enterprises in
developing countries

Saran S Singh
Independent researcher, India
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2022.2601.03

 

Measuring Energy efficiency in public enterprise: The case of Agribusiness
Victoria C M P Bou
Independent Researcher, Australia
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2022.2601.04

 

 

 

Past Issues

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Non-tariff measures a trade barrier for developing countries’ agricultural processed products exports
Sushil Mohan
Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, UK
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2021.2512.01

 

Closure of Central Public Sector Enterprises in India: a case study
Rajan Katoch
Independent Researcher, India
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2021.2512.02

 

Yogic Science for Human Resource Management in Public Enterprises
Naresh C Saxena
Independent researcher, Canada
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2021.2512.03

 

Integration of Human Values in Stakeholder Engagement for CSR – Illustrations from Indian Public Enterprises
Pranav Umesh
M. S. Sai Vinod
N. Sivakumar
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Bangalore, India
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2021.2512.04

 

Decentralisation of Public Enterprises in federal countries
Victoria C M P Bou
Independent Researcher, Australia
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2021.2512.05

Privatisation of Central Public Sector Enterprises in India
Tashi Phuntsok
Vidyasagar College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2021.2512.06

 

 

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This Special Issue of Public Enterprise on Public Sector Productivity and Competitiveness includes five research articles by authors from Austria, India, Peru, the United Kingdom and the United States. The topics addressed in this issue relate to disinvestment (privatization), performance contracts, public sector restructuring, and public reform; city planning, urban economics, and urban competitiveness; sustainable land management and national competitiveness; productivity, market competitiveness, and strategic management; and public sector productivity measurement.

 

Bolder Disinvestment or Better Performance Contracts? Which Way Forward for India's State-Owned Enterprises

Ajay Chhibber

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India

Institute of International Economic Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

Swati Gupta

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2019.2401.01

 

The Public Sector and its Contribution to Urban Competitiveness

Peter K. Kresl

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2019.2401.02

 

Sustainable Land Management: The Forgotten Pillar of Competitiveness

Emigdio Alfaro
CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School (CCGBS), Lima, Peru Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima, Peru

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2019.2401.03

 

Lay-Off to Hats-Off: The Strategic Turnaround of Public Enterprise

Febi Varghese

Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd. (KMML), Kerala, India

Vinachi Arachi Jabamala
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2019.2401.04

 

Stakeholder Involvement for Public Sector Productivity Enhancement: Strategic Considerations

Vincent Charles
Buckingham Business School, The University of Buckingham Buckingham MK18 1EG, United Kingdom
Tatiana Gherman
Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Northampton Northampton NN1 5PH, United Kingdom
Juan Carlos Paliza
WeMind, Lima, Peru

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2019.2401.05

 

 

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This Special Issue on Service Innovation and Service Quality in the Public Sector of Public Enterprise Journal includes five research articles by authors from India, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates. It spans a spectrum of research areas such as private and government hospitals; hospitality sector and tourism; private equity innovation management and innovation standards; valuation, and investment; and human values-based service quality and innovation.

 

Some Reflections on Private Equity: Trends, Valuation, and Challenges
N. R. Parasuraman
Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD)
Mysore, India
Ullas Rao
Heriot-Watt University, Dubai Campus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2017.2301.01

A Comparative Study of Competencies of Doctors Working in Private & Public Hospitals – An Indian Perspective

Sujit G. Metre, Muktai M. Chavan
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Management Studies and Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2017.2301.02

MIM3: Methodology of Innovation Management for Obtaining the Level 3 of I2MM

Emigdio Alfaro

CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School, PUCP, Lima, Peru

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2017.2301.03

Labour Intensity and Skill Gap in the Hospitality Sector: A Study in South India

K. R. Suprabha
School of Management, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India

Krishna Prasad
Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, India

Shridev
School of Management, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2017.2301.04

Service Quality and Innovation in the Public Sector: A Human Values-Based Spiritual Framework

N. Sivakumar
Department of Management and Commerce, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning,
Brindavan Campus, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2017.2301.05

 

 

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This Special Issue on Public Enterprise Performance Benchmarking of Public Enterprise Journal includes seven research articles by authors from Argentina, India, Pakistan, Peru, Singapore, the UK, and USA. It spans a spectrum of research areas such as national competitiveness and economic growth, efficiency of public water companies, international trade, travel and tourism industry, operating and financial leverage and the systematic risk of enterprises, performance evaluation systems and operational efficiency,and efficiency of public banks.

 

Public Enterprises and the Enhancement of National Competitiveness

Peter K. Kresl

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA

https://doi.org/pehyj.2016.2201.01

 

Benchmarking the Efficiency of Public Water Companies in Peru:

A Conditional DEA Approach

Guillermo Diaz

CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru

https://doi.org/pehyj.2016.2201.02

 

Measurement of Trade Costs, its Determinants and Trade Growth

Accounting for India with its Asian Trading Partners

Sarbjit Singh, Rahul Arora, and Somesh K. Mathur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Kanpur, India

https://doi.org/pehyj.2016.2201.03

 

Drivers of Growth in the Travel and Tourism Industry in Thailand and

Singapore: A Geweke Causality Analysis

Tan Khee Giap, Evan Tan Beng Kai, and Vincent Kwan Wen Seng

National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

https://doi.org/pehyj.2016.2201.04

 

On Discerning the Implications of Operating and Financial Leverage Ratios

on the Systematic Risk of Enterprises: Evidence from Sensex Firms in India

N. R. Parasuraman and Ullas Rao

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD),

Mysore, India

https://doi.org/pehyj.2016.2201.05

 

Application of Performance Evaluation System and Benchmarking to

Improve Operational Efficiency of Public Enterprises

Istaqbal Mehdi

Al-Aman Holding (Pvt) Ltd, Islamabad, Pakistan

https://doi.org/pehyj.2016.2201.06

 

Technical Efficiency Analytics for the Public Banks in Argentina

Vincent Charles*

CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru

Claudia Peretto

Facultad de Ciencias Económicas

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

Tatiana Gherman

School of Business and Economics

Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

https://doi.org/10.21571/pehyj.2016.2201.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thematic issue of the ICPE Public Enterprise Journal entitled “Implementing Economic Diplomacy and Internationalization” contains the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economic Diplomacy and Internationalization organized by ICPE in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia. The conference was held in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 2-3 June 2014. The publication offers a wide range of approaches to economic diplomacy and internationalization implemented in various geographical and economic contexts and at the same time focusing both on practical as well as theoretical aspects. The authors of the articles in this volume are high profile experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and foreign national institutions, representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations, business and academia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thematic issue of the ICPE Public Enterprise Journal bearing the title »Integrated Management of Protected Areas« has been recently published in cooperation with the Association of Nature Parks of the Republic of Slovenia. The publication offers a comprehensive background documentation for assisting ICPE member countries and interested partners in their efforts to find and develop adequate solutions for the establishment and integrated management of protected nature areas, as a tool for protecting and safeguarding biotic diversity and for ensuring that economic growth goes hand in hand with the need to protect and restore valuable natural heritage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thematic issue of the ICPE Public Enterprise Journal bearing the title “Economic Diplomacy and Internationalization – Practice and Theory” contains the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Diplomacy and Internationalization organized by ICPE which was held in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 17-18 June 2013. The authors of the articles in this volume are high profile experts from Slovenia and foreign national institutions, representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations, business and academia who shared their vast knowledge, expertise and insights regarding economic diplomacy and facing internationalization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The papers contained in the thematic issue of the ICPE Public Enterprise Journal “Models of the State Ownership  Function Organization” are based on the selected presentations delivered during the High Level Meeting of the State Ownership Authorities “State as an owner – ownership policy, execution of state interests and fostering of public-private dialogue” that was organized by ICPE in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 5-6 September 2011. The articles of high-profile experts from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe and international organizations present different models of organization of the state ownership function and different philosophies regarding the role of public sector enterprises in the national economy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thematic edition of the ICPE Public Enterprise Journal is comprised of the proceedings  of the international expert meeting “Future Challenges of Public Sector Enterprises” organized by ICPE on 8 November 2010 in Ljubljana (Slovenia). The contributions of authors from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, as well as international organizations representatives offer an insight into the future challenges of public sector enterprises. The articles tackle the importance of the public-private dialogue for overcoming the difficulties raising from the economic, public and political nature of PSE activities, analyze the PSE corporate governance and social responsibility policy frameworks aiming to identify best PSE practices as benchmarks for evaluation and the positioning of public sector enterprises as one of the tools leading to global welfare and human development improvement in the new economic and social framework.

 

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