Beteiligungsmanagement in Zeiten des kommunalen Gesamtabschlusses

This thesis examines the factors which explain different forms of management of municipal enterprises by local government. The literature refers to the increasing importance of managing municipal enterprises, but local governments' management practices are very varied. On the basis of the literature on management of municipal enterprises and performance management, an analytical framework is developed which allows the categorization of the management of municipal enterprises. Furthermore, possible explanatory factors - structural, institutional, and in relation to actors - are inferred from these literatures. In this explorative study, four cities with county status are compared and possible explanatory factors are developed. Probable explanatory elements include institutional factors like the organisational form of management practices, and the experience and competences of the administration, as well as actor-specific factors like attitude and interests of administrative personnel, political representatives, and the enterprises themselves.