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Public Corporate Governance öffentlicher Unternehmen in der Kritik: Befunde und Anregungen aus einer Untersuchung in der Schweiz

Public Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises under criticism: findings and suggestions from a study in Switzerland
[journal article]

Rieder, Stefan
Lienhard, Andreas
Sohi-Höchner, Claudia

Abstract

Die Public Corporate Governance stellt eine Herausforderung für den Staat dar. Darauf weisen Fehlverhalten von öffentlichen Unternehmen hin, die oft spät erkannt werden und entsprechend negative Folgen zeitigen. In der Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie wird dieses Fehlverhalten mit der Informationsasymmetrie ... view more

Die Public Corporate Governance stellt eine Herausforderung für den Staat dar. Darauf weisen Fehlverhalten von öffentlichen Unternehmen hin, die oft spät erkannt werden und entsprechend negative Folgen zeitigen. In der Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie wird dieses Fehlverhalten mit der Informationsasymmetrie zwischen Eigner und Unternehmen erklärt. Um dieser Asymmetrie zu begegnen, sind die Ausgestaltung der Steuerungsinstrumente, der Informationsflüsse und des Eigenmodells von zentraler Bedeutung. In diesem Beitrag werden theoretische Anforderungen an die Public Corporate Governance staatlicher Unternehmen in diesen Bereichen dargestellt und mittels vier Fallstudien in der Umsetzung aufgezeigt. Die Resultate zeigen, dass sich Mängel in der Public Corporate Governance weniger aus dem Fehlen von Steuerungsinstrumenten als vielmehr in deren Anwendung ergeben. Weiter hat sich gezeigt, dass sich sowohl zentrale wie auch dezentrale Eignermodelle gleichermassen eignen, ein öffentliches Unternehmen zu steuern.... view less


Public corporate governance is a challenge for the state. This is demonstrated by errors committed by public enterprises, which are often late to be recognised and thus result in negative consequences. According to the principal-agent theory, these errors are due to an asymmetry of information betwe... view more

Public corporate governance is a challenge for the state. This is demonstrated by errors committed by public enterprises, which are often late to be recognised and thus result in negative consequences. According to the principal-agent theory, these errors are due to an asymmetry of information between the owner and its enterprise. In order to counter this asymmetry, the organisation of instruments, information flows and the allocation of tasks on the part of the owner is crucial. This contribution formulates and evaluates the theoretical requirements for the public corporate governance of state-owned enterprises based on four case studies from the postal, telecommunications, armaments, and rail industries. The results show that defects in public corporate governance are not so much due to a lack of instruments as to the way in which these instruments are applied. In addition, it is demonstrated that both centralised and decentralised organisation models are equally suitable for running a public enterprise.... view less

Keywords
public enterprise; steering; principal-agent-theory; corporate governance; Switzerland

Classification
Management Science
Administrative Science

Free Keywords
Public Corporate Governance; Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie; Multipel-Prinzipal-Problem; Service Public; State-owned enterprises; Multiple-Principal-Problem

Document language
German

Publication Year
2023

Page/Pages
p. 206-228

Journal
der moderne staat - dms: Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 16 (2023) 1

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/dms.v16i1.12

ISSN
2196-1395

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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