The Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl (Z'GuG) is an interdisciplinary academic journal with relevance for professional practice (business, politics, civil society). The journal is published as a new series of the Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen (ZögU) - Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services. The thematic focus is on public economics in its diversity of sponsors, administrative theory, the social economy, the third sector, cooperatives, as well as topics of importance to civil society such as communalization, neighborhood and district concepts, network development, and social space building. The Z'GuG is open to fundamental theoretical and methodological discussions and takes up topics that require a cultural-scientific, but also philosophical opening, including the social (medical, nursing, educational, etc.) care debates, gender and other diversity controversies, commons theory, and gift and reciprocity research. From these openings, Z'GuG is dedicated to the meta-theme of the common good.
The paper investigates the reporting practice of German and Austrian municipal water utilities regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the relevance of SDG reporting for state-owned enterprises has increased, very few studies exist...
The implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is accompanied by complex challenges. Especially in rural areas, innovative public services and modern infrastructure are vital. The role of public enterprises has received little...
Digitalization partnerships in the sense of SDG 17 between administrations and state-owned enterprises are central to successfully shape digital transformation and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the discussion on partnerships,...
This article aims to raise awareness among stakeholders from politics, (public) business and academia of the opportunities (and challenges) of start-up promotion by public enterprises. In addition, the paper provides guidance for the successful...
Providing public services within the framework of municipal services of general interest is undergoing a far-reaching transformation. Triggered by digitalisation and its accompanying social change, new ways need to be found to provide a contemporary...
The public sector is full of paradoxes. Nevertheless, there have been few studies dealing with specific leadership behavior under paradoxical conditions. This paper examines the concept of paradoxical leadership based on a survey in public...