Ekonomisk effektivitet i kommunala fastighetsbolag - en jämförelse med noterade fastighetsbolag

Sammanfattning: Abstract  Background and problems Municipal limited companies have increasingly become a popular way of governing municipal operations. With the intent of imitating privately owned limited companies, models such as New Public Management and New Public Governance have taken place in shaping the governance of municipal companies. However, the governance of municipal companies in the form of limited companies leads to problems regarding the legislation in terms of colliding regulations, limited regulations, and potential exploitation of the legislations.   Method The method used for this study is a quantitative method of collecting information from the annual reports of both privately held limited companies and municipal limited companies. The data is then to be compared and analyzed in terms of key performance indicators. Three studies have been executed, one to compare the financial effectiveness, one with the DuPont-model as a background, and lastly a calculation of key performance indicators to showcase deviations in the accounting.   Aim The aim of the study is to compare financial effectiveness between municipally owned limited companies and privately held limited companies. Further aim for this study is to compare financial risk taking and financial structure between the two, as well as examine how trustworthy and comparable key performance indicators are between companies.   Research questions How economically effective are municipal limited real estate companies in comparison to privately owned companies in the same industry? What difference exists in the financial structure and accounting, as well as the financial governance between the two company types?   Result and conclusions The result of this study concludes that municipal companies are less economically effective in comparison to privately owned limited companies. The financial risk taking is lower for the municipal companies than its comparison. The difference in financial efficiency is a result of lower gross profits for the municipal companies, where the capital turnover rate only constitutes minor differences. Both the municipal and privately held real estate companies showed noticeable differences in the key performance indicators, resulting in low scores regarding the comparability and trustworthiness of the accounting.   Suggestions for further research This study has led to a lot of interesting conclusions that give rise to further research. Further research suggests finding empirical evidence in how municipal companies balance its’ governance between the Swedish law Aktiebolagslagen and Kommunallagen. A deeper comparison with the DuPont-model is suggested to specify in what areas of the companies the financial effectivity is differentiating. Other suggestions would be to research the financial compensation for the board members in municipal companies compared to the privately held companies and its consequences.