20.500.12556/RUL-169959 Analysis of principal-agent relationship in Slovenian water and wastewater management The paper at hand analyses the principal-agent relationship, where comparative perspective between principals’ (municipalities) and agents’ (public utility providers) in the field of water and wastewater management is scrutinized. The goal of the paper is twofold: firstly, to present empirical results validating principal-agent relationships that emerged due to the reorganization process of public enterprises; secondly, to highlight the similarities and differences between the perspectives of principals and agents regarding motives, advantages and disadvantages, and price-setting in relation to the reorganization process. The empirical research is based on the primary data collected through two self-prepared and structured online questionnaires—one for municipalities, and the other for public utility providers. The results reveal similarities between public enterprises and municipalities in motivating factors for full municipal ownership. However, differences are seen among the advantages of the reorganization process. Price-setting by public utilities is recognized as a motivating mechanism for agents. principal-agent theory local public utilities public enterprise water and wastewater industry teorija principal-agent lokalne javne službe javno podjetje industrija vode in odpadnih vod true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-06-26 13:52:59 2025-06-26 13:58:48 2025-06-27 03:54:56 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 17 str. iss. 6; article no. 3801 Vol. 8 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 352:33:005:351.777.61(497.4) 2572-7923 10.24294/jipd.v8i6.3801 197978371 3801-22830-1-PB.pdf 3801-22830-1-PB.pdf 1 1305390863712266C573E050661AFCD3 4b8bd895cfee73bb1b65385330c61aa56761860a076eb0c858447739ab04dada e49ee354-5282-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=211803 https://systems.enpress-publisher.com/index.php/jipd/article/view/3801 0 e8a42cdb-5282-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=211804 Ekonomska fakulteta Fakulteta za upravo 0 0 0