scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of the Public and Private Water Supply and Sanitation Service Providers’ Work in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-136
Author(s):  
Fernando Pinheiro ◽  
José Savoia ◽  
Claudio Angelo
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Water Supply And Sanitation

scholarly journals Memorialisation during COVID-19: implications for the bereaved, service providers and policy makers

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 263235242098045
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lowe ◽  
Bruce Rumbold ◽  
Samar M. Aoun
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
International Media ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Body Preparation

Background: The aim of this rapid perspective review is to capture key changes to memorialisation practices resulting from social distancing rules implemented due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Method: As published peer-reviewed research pertaining to memorialisation practices during the COVID-19 pandemic is lacking, this rapid review includes academic literature from the pre-COVID-19 period and international media reports during the pandemic. Findings: Changes to memorialisation practices were under way before COVID-19, as consumer preferences shifted towards secularisation and personalisation of ritual and ceremony. However, several key changes to memorialisation practices connected with body preparation, funerals, cremation, burials and rituals have taken place as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion: Although boundaries between public and private memorialisation practices were already blurred, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this process. Without access to public memorialisation, practices are increasingly private in nature. A number of implications are considered for the bereaved, service providers and policy makers. Conclusion: Forms of memorialisation and bereavement support emerging during the pandemic that blend the public and the private are likely to persist in a post-pandemic world.

Barriers to BIM implementation strategies in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 554-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijun Zhou ◽  
Yu Yang ◽  
Jyh-Bin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organizational Issues

Purpose Effective BIM application hinges on the development of appropriate strategies for its implementation. Though some strategies have been deployed to facilitate BIM implementation in China, their outcomes are not clear. The purpose of this paper is to provide recommendations regarding appropriate strategies for promoting the development and implementation of BIM in China based on lessons learned from advanced implementation experiences in other countries. Design/methodology/approach First, existing strategies are investigated and barriers to BIM implementation mentioned in previous studies are summarized. Then, the identified barriers are mapped to the strategy contents. Finally, a comparative analysis on different areas is conducted to propose suggestions for identified items of BIM implementation strategies that need to be improved. Findings Six unaddressed barriers to BIM implementation strategies in China were identified from the mapping results: insufficient government lead/direction, organizational issues, legal issues, high cost of application, resistance to change of thinking mode and insufficient external motivation. Originality/value The findings of this study can be used to facilitate the development of appropriate strategies within the public and private sectors for promoting BIM implementation in China and elsewhere.

Conflicts of Interest in Sport: A Comparative Analysis of International and European Remedies

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-224
Author(s):  
Antonio Di Marco
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Social Function ◽  
International Level ◽  
Private Governance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Pyramid Structure ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
The Individual

This research studies the management of conflicts of interest in sporting context, trough a comparative analysis of the current wave of reforms at national and international level. It suggests that the notion of conflict of interests in sport is wholly specific and it requires particular remedies, illustrating potential convergences with the public and private governance practices. Firstly, the paper identifies the endemic conflicts of interest due to the specific pyramid structure of sports movement, and the individual conflicts of interest that could occur in sporting organisations. Secondly, it detects the solution foreseen by the European authorities and the recent reforms concerning the sporting organizations adopted at national and international level. The study shows the elements that characterize conflicts of interest in sporting context, identifying convergences, limits, and the specific solutions suggested by the ethical and social function of sport.

scholarly journals Public Private Partnerships and possibilities of their using in the field of Ministry of Agriculture 

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 397-400
Author(s):  
R. Jurčík
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Private Venture

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are based on co-operation between the public and private sector. The reason for using it is a lack of public financial sources. For this reason, in most PPPs the management and financing of the project is entrusted to the private sector. In the Czech Republic, the widest development area for PPPs in the scope of the Ministry of Agriculture is probably water supply. The further areas for using of PPPs in the scope of this Ministry are the following: forestry, flood protection, adjustment of water flow, security of water sources, builging of the strategic foodstuff store. Important attempts have been made within the last year to increase the implementation of PPPs in water supply. These attempts are based on operation models similar to the BOT (Build Operate Transfer) and the DBFO (Design Build Finance Operate). In addition, the Czech Parliament adopted a law No. 139/2006 Coll., on concessions procedure and concession treaty which entered into force in July, 1<sup>st</sup>, 2006 and which brings the legal framework for realisation of the PPPs. There are some legal barriers which limited wide using of the PPPs. It is in the case of public-private venture companies (the limitation is&nbsp; in public procurement law). Public-private venture companies &ndash; which refer to the situation where both the private and the public sector holds equity, and, consequently, the company is controlled by the private as well as the public sector &ndash; should be the ideal form of PPPs in the areas which are in the scope of the Ministry of Agriculture.&nbsp;

Politics, Markets, and the Organization of Schools

1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 1065-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Chubb ◽  
Terry M. Moe
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
National Study ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Teacher Survey ◽  
Characteristic Methods ◽  
Hierarchic System

We offer a comparative analysis of public and private schools, presenting data from a new national study—the Administrator and Teacher Survey—that expands on the pathbreaking High School and Beyond survey. We find that public and private schools are distinctively different in environment and organization. Most importantly, private schools are more likely to possess the characteristics widely believed to produce effectiveness. We argue throughout that the differences across the sectors are anchored in the logic of politics and markets. This argument derives from our belief that environmental context has pervasive consequences for the organization and operation of all schools and specifically that the key differences between public and private environments—and thus between public and private schools—derive from their characteristic methods of social control: the public schools are subordinates in a hierarchic system of democratic politics, whereas private schools are largely autonomous actors “controlled” by the market.

scholarly journals Predicting Users’ Responses of Public Utility Services - Multivariate and Neural Network Analysis - A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-33
Author(s):  
Sreedharan S. ◽  
Poornima G.R. ◽  
Meena Nair ◽  
Genanew Bekele Worku ◽  
Wathiq Mansoor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Wald Test ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Mvc Model ◽  
Analytical Frameworks

This research addresses the problem of predicting the user’s responses through multivariate choice (MVC) and neural network (NN) frameworks for predicting quality, quantity and overall User satisfaction of public water supply organization, BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board) in Bangalore - India for policy initiatives. The MVC study identifies statistically significant factors that explain users’ loyalty to express satisfaction and voice to express dissatisfaction. The MVC model correctly predicts 85% of satisfied customers across satisfaction dimensions.  Wald test on 1940 responses confirms that there exits cross equation correlation across quality, quantity and overall Users’ satisfaction dimensions and thus appropriateness of MVC framework over traditional logit for predicting the user responses. NN framework outperforms the econometric model with 94% correct classification of user responses. The study opens up potential research opportunities for applying the advanced analytical frameworks for predicting user responses in various public and private settings for Policy initiatives so that the service providers could improve their service delivery.

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