The subject of this case study, Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG, is the biggest company in Austrian local and regional transport sector. As a formally independent enterprise under private law and owned by the city, it has been the sole provider of local public passenger transport services in the City...

In the last two decades there has been a strong drive by the EU-Regulation of liberalizing the service delivery of Services of General Economic Interest. Public enterprises are under pressure to be more market-orientated. In Germany there has been a long tradition that public enterprises are...

This paper is focused on a case study on Milan’s water and sanitation service (MIWSS) in the 2003-2013 time frame. Since 2003, MI-WSS has been provided by Metropolitana Milanese SpA (MM) which is a joint stock company fully owned by Milan’s municipality. MM not only operates the water...

During 2009-2011, the Scientific Commission “Public Economy, Public Services” of CIRIEC International has embarked on a series of researches on local public services bearing fruit in national sectoral monographs. The water sector is one of the sectors analysed. This first synthesis of nine...

France is the European country where water service delegated management to private companies is most developed. Here, about only 21% of the population in water supply and 47% in wastewater treatment are served by a public operator through a direct management (régie). This paper analyses the...

France is the European country where water service delegated management to private companies is most developed. Here, about only 21% of the population in water supply and 47% in wastewater treatment are served by a public operator through a direct management (régie). This paper analyses the...