Titel: Kvalité i hållbarhetsrapporter - En kvantitativ studie om kvalité i statligt ägda företag och privatägda företags hållbarhetsrapporter Författare: Isabelle Fernqvist & Desiré Kolmodin Handledare: Linus Axén Nyckelord: Hållbarhetsrapportering, Kvalité, Kvalitetsindex, Omfattning, Hybridorganisationer, Statligt ägda företag, Privatägda företag Bakgrund: Hållbarhetsrapportering är ett högst aktuellt och omtalat ämne i dagens samhälle, där förväntningar på företag att rapportera sina hållbarhetsaktiviteter och klimatrelaterade risker ökar allt mer. Kvalitén på innehållet i hållbarhetsrapporter är av stor betydelse då företags intressenter riskerar att reagera negativt om hållbarhetsrapporten inte uppfyller deras förväntningar. Trots det visar undersökningar att svenska företag tenderar att enbart redovisa positiva miljöavtryck snarare än konkreta miljökonsekvenser, och brister därmed i sin hållbarhetsrapportering. Tidigare studier uppger en brist på forskning om hur olika ägarstrukturer kan påverka kvalitén på hållbarhetsrapporter. Statligt ägda företag och privatägda företag skiljer sig i ägarstruktur och har därmed olika syften med sina verksamheter, vilket driver studien att jämföra om det finns skillnader i kvalité mellan företagens hållbarhetsrapporter. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att förklara och jämföra kvalité i statligt ägda företag och privatägda företags hållbarhetsrapporter Metod: Studien har en kvantitativ metod med en deduktiv ansats, då en hypotes genereras utifrån en litteraturgenomgång. En innehållsanalys genomförs för att koda kvalitativ information i hållbarhetsrapporter till kvantitativ information genom att samla in data från årsredovisningar och hållbarhetsrapporter. Insamlad data från 30 statligt ägda företag och 30 privatägda företag analyseras sedan i SPSS. Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att olika ägarstrukturer påverkar hållbarhetsrapportering i form av att statligt ägda företags hållbarhetsrapporter har bättre kvalité jämfört med privatägda företag. Ett signifikant positivt samband föreligger mellan kvalité och statligt ägda företag där statligt ägda företag uppnår ett högre genomsnittligt kvalitetsindex och rapporterar fler antal ord i sina hållbarhetsrapporter. Av studiens kontrollvariabler visade storlek starkast signifikant positivt samband med kvalitén i hållbarhetsrapporter. / Title: Quality in sustainability reports - A quantitative study about quality in state-owned enterprises and privately owned enterprises sustainability reports Authors: Isabelle Fernqvist & Desiré Kolmodin Supervisor: Linus Axén Keywords: Sustainability reporting, Quality, Quality Index, Extent, Hybrid organizations, State-owned enterprises, Privately owned enterprises Introduction: Sustainability reporting is a current and discussed topic in today's society, where expectations on companies to report their sustainability activities and climate-related risks are increasing. The quality of the content in sustainability reports is of great importance as companies stakeholders can react negatively if the sustainability report does not meet their expectations. Nevertheless, studies show that Swedish companies tend to report positive environmental impacts rather than concrete environmental consequences which can lead to inadequate sustainability reports. Previous studies show a lack of knowledge on how different ownership structures can affect the quality in sustainability reports. State-owned and privately owned enterprises differ in ownership structure and thus have different purposes with their organizations, which leads the study to compare whether there are differences in quality between sustainability reports. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explain and compare quality between stateowned enterprises and privately owned enterprises sustainability reports. Method: The study has a quantitative method with a deductive approach, as a hypothesis is generated based on a literature review. A content analysis is performed to code qualitative information in sustainability reports to quantitative information by collecting data from annual reports and sustainability reports. The collected data from 30 state-owned and 30 privately owned enterprises are then being analyzed in SPSS. Conclusion: The results of the study show that different ownership structures affect sustainability reporting where state-owned enterprises´ sustainability reports have better quality compared to privately owned enterprises. There is a significant positive relationship between quality and state-owned enterprises. They achieve a higher average quality index and report more words in their sustainability reports. The control variable size showed the strongest significant positive relationship with quality in sustainability reports.

Thesis (M. A. (Political Science)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / State capture in South Africa became the talk of the day in the mainstream media and social media alike. This was the case following state capture report (herein after referred to as ―the report‖) released by former public protector Thuli Madonsela which shed a light about the close relationship between former president Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family. The report alleged that the Gupta family played a role in appointing and offering ministerial positions to those who would bid for them in government procurements and tender awarding. This study seeks to analyse whether or not the state capture controversy in the context of the Zuma-Gupta family is a political manoeuvrings or economic contestations between the business competitors (White establishments and the Gupta family). The existing literature on the state capture narrative looks more at the Gupta family‘s ties with former President Jacob Zuma, highlighting their tumultuous relationship. The dissertation does not justify the Guptas‘ wrongdoings or nepotism, but it showcases that the State Capture narratives has been bolstered by those opposed to economic development. In terms of methodology, the study used qualitative and content analysis to examine the South African state capture debate

PhD. (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences), Vaal University of Technology. / State owned enterprises (SOEs) form one of the largest sectors within the economy in many countries and are important contributors to national development. They globally make up a greater part of the national gross domestic product (GDP). However, the performance of most SOEs in developing countries, such as South Africa, is substandard, prompting practitioners and researchers to continue searching for lasting solutions. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of innovation capabilities to market and business performance in SOEs in South Africa. The study followed a quantitative survey research method. A self-completion questionnaire was distributed to a purposive sample of 278 professional employees and managers in a selected South African SOE who were based in three provinces, namely, Gauteng, North-West and the Free State provinces. The collected data were analysed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 25.0) and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS version 25.0). The techniques used to analyse the data include descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling to test the hypotheses. Out of the seven hypotheses tested in this study, six were accepted. Innovative strategy, market innovation and technological innovation all significantly predicted market competitiveness. Market competitiveness significantly predicted three business performance dimensions, namely, environmental, financial, and operational. The study proposes a unique model for managing the contribution of innovation capabilities to business performance in SOEs in South Africa. Theoretically, the study contributes to the existing body of knowledge since it is an addition to the available literature on innovation capabilities and performance of SOEs. Practically, in the study for the optimisation of market competitiveness and business performance, in SOEs, emphasis should be placed on understanding and considering the appropriate innovation capabilities as input factors.

State-owned enterprises (SOES) exist in South Africa to drive economic development and improve service delivery to the large population. In order for SOES to achieve their mandates, as set out by government through their shareholding department, financial assistance by the state is imperative. In the case of the monopolistic power utility, Eskom, the South African government (SAGO) has 100% ownership which is managed through the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE). This total ownership by the state means that government is responsible in ensuring that the utility is operational and supported financially. The current study was aimed at evaluating the financial assistance received by SOEs in South Africa by the state with specific focus on Eskom. Eskom was selected from the eight SOES managed by the DPE for the purpose of focusing the research. The focus of the study was on the financial assistance to SOES in South Africa by the state. In 2008, Eskom received funding from different sources through loan intervention of the South African government. The loan and guarantees made available to Eskom by government, enabled the SOE to achieve a positive credit rating. Data for this research was primarily collected through academic journals, books, Acts, White Papers, legislation and personal interviews at the National Treasury (NT). The recommendation that this research states relates to the need for a single policy document on state financial assistance to SOES in South Africa. / Public Administration / M. Admin. (Public Administration)

本論文共分為六章十六小節，計約五萬餘字。首章討論研究目皂、範圍、方法及限制 。第二章探討專案可行性評估的理訥基礎及文獻資料，包括專案可行性評估的意義、 功能及步驟，如何訂定專案可行性評估的指標，並簡述各種評估方法及其優缺點、應 用範圍。第三章為現行評估作業系統的探討，搜集到的資料有我國工研院、國營事業 投資評估方法、經濟部重要經建計畫評審，韓國矼究發展評審等。第四章，由前三章 的討論發展出經濟部科技顧問室經營管理類專案計畫可行性評估模式，包括評估程序 之確立、評估方法之選擇、評估指標及評估尺度的建立。第五章為本研究評估模式與 經濟部科技顧問室原評估作業之比較。第六章為本研究之結論與建議。

本文主要是利用中國統計年鑑、中國鄉鎮企業年鑑、中國工業經濟統計年鑑及1995年第三次全國工業普查資料匯編各年版所提供的一九九五至一九九七年期間大陸工業三十三個產業別之追蹤資料，研究大陸鄉鎮企業對國有企業經營績效之影響。本文所定義的國有企業經營績效，主要分為兩部分：一為大陸國有企業的獲利能力，一為大陸國有企業的生產技術效率。在大陸國有企業的獲利能力部分，本研究論文是採用固定效果模型（fixed-effect model）之迴歸模型來探討大陸鄉鎮企業的產業發展對國有企業獲利能力的影響。接著在大陸國有企業的生產技術效率部分，本研究論文則採用Battese and Coelli（1995）提出的具有轉移對數形式及可採用時序加截面數據的隨機邊界生產函數模型（stochastic frontier production function model），來探討大陸鄉鎮企業的產業發展對國有企業技術效率的影響。 　　本文主要的研究發現為，大陸鄉鎮企業確實對國有企業之經營績效產生不利影響。從區分的產業類別來看，大陸鄉鎮企業對國有輕工業部門經營績效之影響，已由損害獲利階段進入不利技術效率之階段，而國有重工業部門則停留在受鄉鎮企業負面影響獲利的階段，此乃由於鄉鎮企業發展階段的不同，所造成的影響結果亦有所差異。在本文之研究期間，鄉鎮企業在輕工業的發展已趨成熟，並開始積極發展重工業部門，所以國有之重工業部門依循其輕工業受影響模式，已出現獲利受到鄉鎮企業影響而下降之情形。 　　其次，本文之實證結果顯示，國有企業規模對其經營績效有顯著的助益效果。規模較大之國有企業尤其是大型國有之重工業，確實存在顯著的規模經濟效益。亦顯現出大陸政府自一九九０年開始，希望透過國有企業資源之整合，促進其發揮規模經濟效益之政策，在一九九五至一九九七年期間可能已在國有企業及其重工業部門初見成效。 此外，本文之實證結果顯示，資金密集度對國有重工業部門產生不利技術效率的影響，對其獲利能力並無顯著影響。 　　雖然，本文之研究結果顯示，大陸鄉鎮企業確實對國有企業之經營績效產生不利影響，但這僅是短期之現象，本論文認為鄉鎮企業所扮演的角色除了是市場競爭者外，其更應積極的被視為篩選國有企業之機制，經由鄉鎮企業的競爭壓力及短期內之不利影響，可迫使國有企業為保護其獲利不被損害及在市場上繼續生存，必須採取反應措施，而逐漸走向符合市場經濟的制度，例如讓營運不佳的企業在競爭下自市場退出、選擇適當的技術路線、發展具生產利益的產業及企業必須加強產品的創新，以獲取較高的創新利潤等回應措施。若國有企業在長期下真能依循上述模型進行調整，則國有企業之技術效率將有所提昇，並能改善其獲利低下的情況，進而達到經營績效改善。依此看來，本論文認為鄉鎮企業所發揮的是更為積極、穩定的改革力量，促使國有企業長期且持續的進行經營績效改善。 　　因此，在解決大陸國有企業經營績效的問題時，國有企業制度的改革固然重要，但若大陸政府在推行改革時，能加以考量鄉鎮企業發展此一重要因素，將大陸鄉鎮企業之發展視為篩選國有企業之機制，淘汰不適於市場機制、競爭力不足、虧損之國有企業，則長期下將可使國有企業達到經營績效改善之效果。 / This thesis investigates the influence of township-village enterprises (TVEs) on the performance of China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Industrial-based panel data from 1995~1997 provided by various published years of the China Statistical Year Book , China Industry Economy Statistical Year Book, The data of The Third National Industiral Census of The People’s Repiblic of China in 1995, and China Township-Village Enterprises Year Book　are adopted to estimate the fixed-effect model of SOEs’ profit rate function, and stochastic frontier production function model of SOEs’ technical efficiency function. The primary finding is that the profit rate in the heavy industry and the technical efficiency in light industry of China’ SOEs are both influenced negatively by the output share of TVEs, the above proves the influence of TVEs on the performance of SOEs has changed from profit loses to technical inefficiency, but this condition won’t exist for long because of the policies to improve performance adopted by SOEs , like relocation factors, adjustment size or any useful acts will take effect. Secondly, larger scale of SOEs, especially in heavy industry, gets higher profit rate and higher technical efficiency, the conclusion indicate that size of SOEs brings improvement of performance to SOEs. Besides, improvement of the technical efficiency of SOEs is crossed in capital intensive, but has no effect on profitability. The above proves that SOEs will against the competition by reactions in policy, as long as longtime performance, the technical efficiency of SOEs will make great advances. Therefore, for solving the problem about the performance of SOEs, besides the innovation in economic system, China should concern about the competitiveness of TVEs. In conclusion, China should regard TVEs not only as a competitor but also as a mechanism to sift out uncompetitive SOEs from China’s market so that the performance of SOEs can be improved to reach the crucial position in China.

我國國營事業早期係政府戰後接收多家日本在台之企業，及大陸淪陷後遷台之國營事業為主，而後1970年代基於促進產業之發展，亦相繼成立多家國營企業，然近年來面臨市場開放、盈餘繳庫，以及民營化政策推動之壓力，使得國營事業轉而追求土地資產個別利益之獲取，作為創造盈餘來源，或是吸引投資對象之重要誘因。 然而追求土地資產個別利益，往往未能切實探討國營事業之本質與利用策略，本研究即係以台電與台糖公司為例，就其土地資產利用與國營事業本業之關聯性、土地資產利用策略之差異性，探討目前國營事業土地資源歸屬、土地利用模式與營運競爭力、以及土地資源公平與效率，並進而整合國營事業土地永續利用之策略。 就國營事業資源歸屬與本業之關聯性分析，其土地資源應以全民所有為依歸，而土地資產利用應基於本業之發展。從企業不動產與策略矩陣差異分析，則因生命週期所處之階段而有所不同，成長／成熟期追求與競爭對手差異化之策略，強化土地利用之優勢；衰退期則因本業資金挹注困難，而以降低不動產之運作成本為主。相對於政府以衰退期作為移轉民營之時機，將使接手者缺乏經營本業之誘因下，僅著眼於土地之利益，將更易引發土地資源歸屬之衝突。 而就土地資源公平與效率而言，國營事業應由整體觀點著手，而非侷限於單一事業土地資產利用之框架，如以使用權代替所有權之財產權型態，達成資源歸屬之公平；另以全民資源為基礎，經由市場經濟之效率，彌補市場經濟不足。因此，國營事業土地資源之整合機制，不僅考量整體土地資源之循環使用，更須妥善運用國有民營之觀念，將土地經營之利益，解決民營化所生之缺憾，以建構國營事業土地資源永續利用之整體策略。 關鍵字：國營事業、土地資產利用、資源歸屬、生命週期、策略矩陣 / Most of the older state-owned corporations (SOCs) in Taiwan found their predecessors in the companies established by the colonial Japanese government and later took over by the Chinese central government at the end of the World War II as well as in the enterprises sponsored by the central government after its withdrawal from Mainland China to Taiwan. By 1970s, several new SOCs were farther set up with the mission to promote the island's industrial development. Privileged by long-term government protection, these SOCs are now confronted with severe challenges from the increasing deregulation in the market and the pressing demand for privatization. They have accordingly resorted to their land assets as an essential source for generating earnings and a major incentive for attracting investments. However, in their pursuit of the profits promised by their land assets, SOCs in Taiwan in general have failed to take into sufficient consideration of their nature as state-owned corporations and effective utilization strategies. The research, based on the examples of Taipower Company and Taiwan Sugar Company, starts by examining the relation between a SOC's core business and its utilization strategies for land assets and the differences between the Taipower and Taiwan Sugar utilization strategies. The research then moves on to analyze the attribution of the SOC's land resources, the utilization models and operational competitiveness, and the fairness and efficiency in the utilization of land resources. Results of the previous studies are then integrated for the research to develop integrated strategies for the sustainable utilization of SOC's land assets. In its analysis on the relation of SOC's core business and the attribution of its assets, the research regards the land resources as owned by the general public and suggests that the land resources should be utilized in a manner that contributes to the development of the SOC's core business. Analysis based on corporate real estate and strategic matrix farther indicate that utilization of land assets varies in accordance with the life cycles of the SOC's core business. In times of business growth and maturity, utilization of land assets should be optimized to perpetuate differentiation in one's core business from one's competitors. On the other hand, in times of decline, the top priority should be the effective reduction in the operation costs of land assets as capital support from the core business grows unreliable. The government's active promotion of the privatization of SOCs in times of decline tends to cripple the privatized SOC's interest in its core business and to prompt it to focus on exploiting the profits of its land assets, thereby triggering conflicts in the attribution of state-owned land resources. How to achieve fairness and efficiency in the utilization of SOCs' land resources is an issue to be examined with a comprehensive perspective; it should not be forced to fit into the utilization model of a single SOC. Replacing ownership with usership, for example, can be an effective way to ensure the fairness in the attribution of land resources. Developing the land assets of SOCs as public resources can help boost up the efficiency of market economics to compensate its inadequacies. Therefore, an integration mechanism in the utilization of the land assets of SOCs is needed to facilitate the continual use of land resources. Careful and skill application of the "state ownership for private operation" concept is also of crucial importance in using the profits generated by the management of land resources to fix the flaws of privatization and to develop the integrated strategies for the sustainable use of land resources of state-owned corporations in Taiwan. Key words: state-owned corporation, utilization strategies for land assets, attribution of the resource, life cycle, strategic matrix.

Audit committees (ACs) can enhance corporate governance in the public sector, particularly in State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). This study adopted a qualitative research approach to identify factors contributing to the effectiveness of ACs in selected Namibian SOEs to provide sound corporate governance. The empirical data was collected primarily through semi-structured interviews with participants as well as from field notes and company documents. The study highlighted certain AC characteristics and practices contributing to the effectiveness of ACs in selected Namibian SOEs to provide sound corporate governance. The mandate, composition, managing the activities of the AC, performance assessment of the members of the AC and reporting of the AC if applied correctly can enhance effectiveness of ACs. The study also highlighted weaknesses, suggesting that some of the ACs needed improvement in order to enhance corporate governance at SOEs. / College of Accounting Sciences / M. Phil. (Accounting Sciences)

O presente trabalho acadêmico procura construir um referencial teórico baseado no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro para definir o papel da empresa estatal no mundo contemporâneo. Trata-se do ponto de partida para compreender a atuação do Estado como acionista controlador e as regras de convivência com acionistas privados em posição minoritária e com outros grupos de interesse afetados pela atividade empresarial. A abordagem do tema apóia-se na idéia central de que toda empresa estatal está investida de uma missão pública, explícita ou implicitamente incorporada no objeto social, que varia conforme a natureza da atividade exercida e está sujeita a adaptações ao longo do tempo. A missão pública coexiste com a finalidade lucrativa inerente ao modelo de companhia e serve para condicionar a ação do Estado enquanto acionista controlador e dos administradores, dando conteúdo a seus deveres fiduciários. / This dissertation aims at establishing a theoretical framework according to Brazilian law to identify the role of state-owned enterprise in contemporary world. This is the first step to understand what the governments behavior should be as a controlling shareholder and the legal rules applied to its relationship with equity investors and others stakeholders. The approach is based on the assumption that every state-owned enterprise has a public mission implicitly or explicitly included in its bylaws objectives. The public mission varies according to the nature of the business and should be redefined from time to time to keep adherence to the external environment. The public mission coexists with the companys profit scope and guides the States actions, as well as those of directors and officers. For that reason the public mission is embedded in their fiduciary duties.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:30:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Henrique Motta Pinto.pdf: 1437961 bytes, checksum: 5260aa32ed2e77b1c22d0beed88373a2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-19 / The research´s objective is to investigate the regulation of state-owned enterprises moved by a central question: the juridical model represented by enterprises that are controled by the State is in crisis? For that, proposes an identification and the analysis of the decisions of Brazil´s Federal Supreme Court ( Supremo Tribunal Federal ) on the own norms of state-owned enterprises. The research identifies the juridical model of state-owned enterprise as that in which the State uses the private law personality, in the form of a company, with the purpose to develop governamental action. It was possible to conclude that the juridical model of state-owned enterprise has been preserved by the Brazil´s Federal Supreme Court when the own norms of stateowned enterprises are judged, except when the court grant privileges for state-owned enterprises that offers public utilities. Analizing privileges of unpledgedity of property and of reciprocal tributary immunity, the reseach discovered that the court has initiated a moment of crisis on the juridical model of state-owned enterprise, having transformed a part of the regulation of state-owned enterprises in to a regulation of a public law person. The research analyses the alternatives and creates propositions in order to overcome the crisis that has been verifyed / A pesquisa tem o objetivo de investigar o regime jurídico das empresas estatais a partir da indagação: o modelo jurídico representado pelas empresas controladas pelo Estado está em crise? Para isso, propõe a identificação e a análise da jurisprudência do Supremo Tribunal Federal sobre as normas próprias das empresas estatais. A pesquisa identifica o modelo jurídico da empresa estatal como aquele em que o Estado usa a personalidade de direito privado, na forma de sociedade, com a finalidade de desenvolver ação governamental. Foi possível concluir que o modelo jurídico da empresa estatal vem sendo preservado pelo STF quando julga as normas próprias das empresas estatais, exceto quando concede privilégios para as empresas estatais de serviços públicos. A partir da análise dos privilégios da impenhorabilidade de bens e da imunidade tributária recíproca, constatou-se que o STF deu início a um momento de crise no modelo jurídico da empresa estatal, com a transformação parcial do regime jurídico das estatais de serviços públicos no de uma pessoa de direito público. A pesquisa analisa as alternativas e realiza propostas para a superação da crise constatada.A pesquisa tem o objetivo de investigar o regime jurídico das empresas estatais a partir da indagação: o modelo jurídico representado pelas empresas controladas pelo Estado está em crise? Para isso, propõe a identificação e a análise da jurisprudência do Supremo Tribunal Federal sobre as normas próprias das empresas estatais. A pesquisa identifica o modelo jurídico da empresa estatal como aquele em que o Estado usa a personalidade de direito privado, na forma de sociedade, com a finalidade de desenvolver ação governamental. Foi possível concluir que o modelo jurídico da empresa estatal vem sendo preservado pelo STF quando julga as normas próprias das empresas estatais, exceto quando concede privilégios para as empresas estatais de serviços públicos. A partir da análise dos privilégios da impenhorabilidade de bens e da imunidade tributária recíproca, constatou-se que o STF deu início a um momento de crise no modelo jurídico da empresa estatal, com a transformação parcial do regime jurídico das estatais de serviços públicos no de uma pessoa de direito público. A pesquisa analisa as alternativas e realiza propostas para a superação da crise constatada