The paper was motivated by the lack of comprehensive studies simultaneously evaluating the influence of (1) the private and (2) the public sector’s governance factors on a firm’s innovation results. Therefore, our study aims is to contribute scientific evidence regarding the extent to which public sector governance factors (compared to private sector ones) foster a firm’s innovation results. Our research was guided by the main research question: How strongly do the (1) private and (2) public sector governance factors influence a firm's innovation results? The relevance of the research question was accompanied by the challenging task of how to encompass the data on private and public governance as holistically as possible. We overcame this challenge by applying recent Global Competitiveness Index data in an original way, enabling us to rank the factors by importance (influence on innovation results compared to firms' internal factors). The results of the linear regression analysis performed interestingly showed the public governance factors had a considerably weaker influence on innovativeness than the firms' own private governance factors. In fact, the influence of the private governance factors (sophistication of business processes, on-the-job training, efficient use of talent) on the firms’ innovation results (R&D & Innovation capacity) was significant and strong, while the public governance factors (public administration institutions' performance, primary education, quantity and quality of higher education) also showed a statistically significant influence, albeit a weak one. This study provides guidance on efficient use of institutional and internal resources, which proves to be particularly important due to the effects of the economic crisis. Moreover, it provides researchers with valuable insights into the importance of further systemic studies that encompass both institutional and firm innovation factors.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 5061294Access to information is guaranteed in Slovenia by the Freedom of Information Act adopted in 2003, which determines a broad scope of public information, the entities that are bound by law to disclose public information, including publicly-owned companies, and ensures the right to information to any interested applicant. Furthermore, the reuse of information and proactive measures are regulated and implemented by the coordinating body, that is, the Ministry of Public Administration. The proceedings are conducted in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The article addresses the respective provisions implemented in the practice of public bodies, the appeal procedures of the Information Commissioner, and the case law in Slovenia. Finally, an overall assessment is given based on normative analysis, a comparative review, statistical data, case studies, and in-depth interviews. The results reveal a rather high level of transparency; however, there is still an implementation gap.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 5092782The scientific monograph on European Administrative Space (EAS) offers in-depth analyses of the respective notions, such as those elaborated from systemic, methodological, geographical and contextual aspects. It includes 14 chapters from 21 prominent scholars and practitioners from different European countries (Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Georgia, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden) and international organizations, some of which are the salient papers from the NISPAcee annual conference held in 2016 in Zagreb. Authors address the EAS as a complex concept in progress, both theoretically and practically. It is considered to be an important tool in the absence of a formal European Union (EU) acquis in the field of public administration, which leads to the necessary integration of EU values, goals, activities and methods to enable the EU political and macroeconomic goals and an effective and equitable implementation of its legal order. Consequently, this book contributes, based on the administrative science framework, as an integrative discipline, to the further evolution of the EAS and good public governance with democratic and efficient public administration worldwide.
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