Measuring the Efficiency of Public and Private Delivery Forms: An Application to the Waste Collection Service Using Order-M Data Panel Frontier Analysis

Campos-Alba, Cristina María; Higuera-Molina, Emilio José de la; Pérez-López, Gemma; Gómez, J. L.

doi:10.3390/su11072056

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“…Directly managing service delivery has eliminated information asymmetry issues and difficulty controlling results. Moreover, this management form provides citizens access to the service (Campos-Alba et al, 2019).…”

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Addressing the asymmetry between central and local air protection policies: Insights from Poland

Balcerek-Kosiarz,

Jarubas,

Kozicki

et al. 2024

J. sustain. dev. transp. logist.

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Purpose: This paper examines the asymmetry between the air protection policies of the central government and local authorities in Poland, using the city of Kraków as a case study. Methodology: The study employs a comparative method to contrast the Polish state's coal policy with the air protection efforts of the Kraków local government. A systems analysis approach is used to identify the causes and effects of the divergent policies. Results: The analysis reveals a lack of alignment between the central government's focus on maintaining coal extraction and the local government's efforts to reduce air pollution. Kraków authorities have taken significant measures to improve air quality, but face challenges due to insufficient support from the central government and neighboring municipalities. Theoretical contribution: The paper highlights the importance of policy symmetry and coordination between different levels of government in addressing complex environmental issues like air pollution. It contributes to understanding multi-level governance dynamics in the context of air protection. Practical implications: The findings underscore the need for a collaborative model of air protection policy that engages central authorities, local governments, private sector entities, and civil society. Establishing air protection councils at the voivodship, county and municipal levels is proposed as a mechanism to facilitate this coordination. Integrating air quality considerations into local governments' management control systems is also recommended.

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Addressing the asymmetry between central and local air protection policies: Insights from Poland

Balcerek-Kosiarz,

Jarubas,

Kozicki

et al. 2024

J. sustain. dev. transp. logist.

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“…In particular, economic aspects are found to influence the success of implementing waste collection programs [11][12][13]. Several studies have also confirmed that the private sector or private companies provide MSW collection services more effectively than the public sector or public companies [14][15][16][17][18]. The private companies are found to use the collection crew more efficiently and set a higher demand or expectation on MSW collection [19][20][21].…”

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Regional Differences in Municipal Solid Waste Collection Quantities in China

Zhou

Chu

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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The rapid growth in urban population has led to a dramatic increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, with ramifications more pronounced in developing countries. The regional Chinese governments have made great efforts to reduce MSW generation and collection quantities. However, the results of these efforts vary across cities. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the regional differences in MSW collection quantities. A two-level hierarchical linear model (HLM) was used to examine the variations in MSW collection quantities among 287 prefecture-level cites in China over the period from 2008 to 2017. The analysis reveals a strong negative correlation between the regional economic development level and the growth trend of MSW collection quantities. The empirical findings indicate that the level of economic development and waste collection measures are critical determinants of MSW collection quantities.

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“…For another way to measure the efficiency of the waste sector companies it is possible to use a modified DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) data panel method [51] or an order-M data panel frontier analysis, which provides more robust results [52,53].…”

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Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in Waste Companies

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At first glance, it might seem that the economic aspects of sustainability in terms of waste management have resolved themselves already in areas of activity. In reality, however, companies in this area also need to address how to ensure their future operations. The primary priority for companies in the area of waste disposal is to provide efficient collection, sorting, and recycling, effectively using company resources. The goal of this paper was to explore the relation between capital intensity and the productivity of labour in companies in the waste sector in the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4), and consequently, to define the bonds among economic indicators in the form of the economic normal. The study used data from 875 enterprises from the V4 countries, which were divided into categories according to the development of capital intensity and labour productivity. This study found that companies mainly implement modest investment development, which was characterised by the high effectiveness of capital usage, diminishing labour productivity, low labour endowment, but at the same time, increasing profitability. The reason for the labour productivity decrease was due to the growing proportional cost of labour. This trend was typical for most of the large-sized and middle-sized companies, whereas for most small companies, there was a dominant severe capital development with decreasing labour productivity and relatively high profitability of incomes. The smallest representation takes companies with capital-intensive development with the positive development of all monitored economic indicators.

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Measuring the Efficiency of Public and Private Delivery Forms: An Application to the Waste Collection Service Using Order-M Data Panel Frontier Analysis

Cited by 15 publications

References 94 publications

Addressing the asymmetry between central and local air protection policies: Insights from Poland

Addressing the asymmetry between central and local air protection policies: Insights from Poland

Regional Differences in Municipal Solid Waste Collection Quantities in China

Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in Waste Companies

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