The publicness effect and the performance in the Italian waste management

What is it about?

The public and private sectors are different in terms of ownership, funding, and control. The degree of publicness influences the decision-making processes, strategies, and actions, thus severely impacting the performance levels. This study contributes to the existing literature on managerial efficiency environmental factors by proposing a framework and methodology for estimating the influence of the “publicness effect.” A new method is tested, relying on the combined integration of three different data envelopment analysis models in the Italian waste management sector. Results show that the “publicness effect” accounts for 33.87% of managerial efficiency for public companies and 11.6% for mixed ones.

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Why is it important?

The authors contribute to the existing literature on the measurement of managerial efficiency within the context of the Italian waste management sector, suggesting that private sector involvement positively enhances service efficiency