The Power of Governance

The Power of Governance
Author: Reuel J. Khoza
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2007-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Eskom is a South African company that has developed from a state utility under apartheid into an efficient globally competitive state-owned enterprise. In 2001, Eskom received the Power Company of the Year title at the Financial Times Global Energy Awards Ceremony in New York. This book draws on the growing body of knowledge about corporate governance in state-owned enterprises. It locates Eskom's experience in that context and argues that a state-owned enterprise can be run as efficiently as any other. The key to performance excellence lies in good governance and the authors reveal how a public company can implement good governance practices when government is the major shareholder.

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises
Author: World Bank Publications
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2014-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464802297

This Toolkit provides an overall framework with practical tools and information to help policymakers design and implement corporate governance reforms for state-owned enterprises. It concludes with guidance on managing the reform process, in particular how to prioritize and sequence reforms, build capacity, and engage with stakeholders.

Reforms, Opportunities, and Challenges for State-Owned Enterprises

Reforms, Opportunities, and Challenges for State-Owned Enterprises
Author: Edimon Ginting
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2020-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292622838

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play significant roles in developing economies in Asia and SOE performance remains crucial for economy-wide productivity and growth. This book looks at SOEs in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, and Viet Nam, which together present a panoramic view of SOEs in the region. It also presents insights from the Republic of Korea on the evolving role of the public sector in various stages of development. It explores corporate governance challenges and how governments could reform SOEs to make them efficient drivers of the long-term productivity-induced growth essential to Asia's transition to high-income status.

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Europe and Central Asia

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Europe and Central Asia
Author: Weltbank
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN:

The Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Europe and Central Asia Survey analyzes the transparency and control environment governing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in selected countries of the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA), with an emphasis on financial reporting, auditing, and transparency requirements. The survey builds on and complements several studies on SOE governance that World Bank teams have carried out around the ECA Region. The purpose of this survey is to provide the countries with an easy-to-follow benchmarking comparison of SOE practices in accountability requirements across the ECA Region. The survey will also inform ongoing and future World Bank assistance to partner countries in the areas of SOE financial accountability, controls, and transparency. The survey aims to assist governments and SOE ownership entities in carrying out reforms and implementing effective SOE monitoring mechanisms and corporate governance practices.

EMPIRICAL STUDY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MODES OF TIANJIN STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUBJECT TO THE MIXED-OWNERSHIP REFORM-COMPARISON WITH SINGAPORE TEMASEK MODE

EMPIRICAL STUDY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MODES OF TIANJIN STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUBJECT TO THE MIXED-OWNERSHIP REFORM-COMPARISON WITH SINGAPORE TEMASEK MODE
Author: Piao Wen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN:

Introducing private capital and employing mixed-ownership structure are effective means and inevitable choices to enhance the vitality, control and influence of state-owned economy. An effective corporate governance structure that matches the mixed-ownership reform of state-owned enterprises is the key to the success of the reform. This study suggests that the mixed-ownership reform and corporate governance practices under the Singapore Temasek mode provide China with important experience in separating government functions from enterprise management, the system of board of directors, highly independent market-oriented operation, open and diversified international employment and value-based motivation and assessment. The empirical study shows that a company's shareholding ratio of the top five shareholders, total compensation of board members, total compensation of senior officers, shareholding ratio of the board of directors, shareholding ratio of senior officers are positively related to corporate performance, while the degree of check-and-balance ownership structure, the separation of rights of chairman and general manager, and the proportion of independent directors are negatively related to corporate performance. In addition, there is a big difference in the relationship between corporate governance and corporate performance under different types of controllers.The mixed-ownership reform practice of Northern International Trust Co., Ltd. in Tianjin was analyzed as a case study. This paper presents reform suggestions on such aspects as improving the relationship between the Tianjin Municipal Government and the state-owned capital investment platform by the mixed-ownership reform, the design of the corporate governance mechanism of the state-owned capital investment platform, and the design of corporate governance of participating and holding enterprises of state-owned capital investment platform based on the case study and the experience and theoretical results of the Singapore Temasek mode.

Corporate Governance Risk Management by State-Owned Enterprises and their Ownership

Corporate Governance Risk Management by State-Owned Enterprises and their Ownership
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2016-10-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9264262245

This publication takes stock of how SOEs and those exercising the state’s ownership role address the issue of risk management from the perspective of corporate governance (“risk governance”), as recommended in the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises.