Revisiting the determinants of local government performance

Cruz, Nuno F. da; Marques, Rui Cunha

doi:10.1016/j.omega.2013.09.002

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“…The outstanding debt/operating revenues ratio (x 7 ) also appears to be an important aspect for the evaluation of municipalities belonging in financial districts and its trade-off constant is also slightly higher for small municipalities. This result confirms the importance of debt not only for economic performance as in da Cruz and Marques (2014) but also for financial performance. On the other hand, the relative information power of property taxes (mainly for undeveloped land, ratio x 10 ) appears higher for larger municipalities.…”

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A novel multi-attribute benchmarking approach for assessing the financial performance of local governments: Empirical evidence from France

Galariotis

Guyot

Doumpos

et al. 2016

European Journal of Operational Research

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Section: Tablesupporting

confidence: 76%

A novel multi-attribute benchmarking approach for assessing the financial performance of local governments: Empirical evidence from France

Galariotis

Guyot

Doumpos

et al. 2016

European Journal of Operational Research

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“…There are several aspects [37] and several approaches [38] to measure organizational performance. We considered relevant aspects and approaches for this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

Do Sustainable Procurement Practices Improve Organizational Performance?

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This exploratory study investigates the impacts of sustainable procurement (SP) practices on organizational performance by using the established scales of SP practices and organizational performances, taking Saudi Arabia as a case country. Data used in the study was collected through a questionnaire survey from procurement directors and managers. Regression and multivariate-based path analysis was performed to assess the impacts of SP practices. From the preliminary results, a significant association between combined SP practices and organizations' financial performance was found. A mediational analysis was conducted to discover the direct and indirect effects of SP practices on financial performance. There was no evidence of a significant direct impact of the summary measures of SP practices on financial performance, while the indirect impact of SP practices via organizational nonfinancial performance on financial performance was found to be statistically significant. This study contributes to SP practice literature by developing a conceptual model for the outcomes of SP practices and establishing statistically significant relationships between SP practices, organizational financial performance, and mediating factors.

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“…With the increase in media focus and global impact, companies have to cultivate and maintain a specific image and reputation to bring about more interest. Performance is a relevant aspect in this kind of analysis [2], especially on financial achievement. Jones [3] assesses how reputation affects the Wall Street stock market between 1987 to 1989, showing that a better reputation less decreases share prices.…”

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Integrated Approaches for Business Sustainability: The Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility

Lee

2018

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Although many companies are aware of the importance of sustainability and CSR, they still focus on profits without considering sustainable development. This study explores the relationships among corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate reputation (CR) and corporate financial performance (CFP), by testing the mediating effect of CFP and constructing an integrated sustainability model based on the CSR perspective and stakeholder theory. Although many recent studies have investigated CSR using structural equation modeling to test the relationships among the three variables, measuring this mediation effect is quite rare in the literature. We use Reputation Institute as a secondary data source of CSR and CR and collect data for the period 2011-2017 on 39 companies in 15 countries (i.e., 273 observations). Firm size, sales growth rate, interest coverage ratio, age and industry are the control variables. Our results show that CR positively affects CFP and CSR. Furthermore, we find integrated approaches for business sustainability, revealing that CFP enhances CSR and also that it has a mediating effect on the relationship between CR and CSR.

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Revisiting the determinants of local government performance

Cited by 171 publications

References 47 publications

A novel multi-attribute benchmarking approach for assessing the financial performance of local governments: Empirical evidence from France

A novel multi-attribute benchmarking approach for assessing the financial performance of local governments: Empirical evidence from France

Do Sustainable Procurement Practices Improve Organizational Performance?

Integrated Approaches for Business Sustainability: The Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility

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