The Municipal Choice of Waste Collection Companies
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the 19th International Conference Current Trends in Public Sector Research |
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| Field | Management and administrative |
| Keywords | municipalities; waste management; waste management companies; factors influencing municipal decisions |
| Description | This paper is based on an analysis of factors influencing the selection of waste collection companies by municipal authorities in selected municipalities in the Czech Republic, and their impact on the cost efficiency of current municipal expenditures. The aim of this paper is analyzing the factors influencing the choice of waste management company and the influence of these factors on the decision making process, and discussing the relation of these factors to the cost efficiency of municipal waste management. The study uses a quantitative approach to investigate the research questions and analyses original collected qualitative survey data obtained during our own research. A survey was conducted for a selected local public service (waste management) in order to collect data about factors influencing the selection of waste collection companies by 115 municipalities in the Czech Republic. The results show that the most powerful factors that influence the selection of waste collection companies at municipalities in the Czech Republic are the price and the quality of services. The level of significance of individual factors is directly proportional to the strength of the competitive environment. |
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