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As regards the selection of tasks in the municipality sector, the local authorities have freedom both according to the former and current legislation. The advantages of providing tasks through companies owned by the municipality include the flexible adaptation to market conditions and integration into the relation network of the economy. In case of appropriate operation, the companies can be characterized by higher cost efficiency and by providing services of higher quality to the citizens and business actors. Moreover they ensure revenues for the municipality. The operation of companies, however, depends on municipality management, it is part of it because in many cases the tasks are assigned to them by the law. Some research works have proven, however, that their operation is rather risky, which in return determines the municipality operation, according to the above outlined thoughts. Out of the companies owned by municipalities of county rank, the present paper examines the management of water works, waste management and district heating companies between 2009 and 2011. We selected these three sectors because the (which?) municipalities had pricing authority competences at that time, therefore the operation of these companies was substantially affected by the fee policy of the municipality. In the frames of the research we reviewed the reports of companies and compared the formed indices, evaluating primarily their profitability, indebtedness, and solvency. In regards to liabilities of the examined companies, the dominance of short-term liabilities, increasing receivables and the profitable management were clear phenomena in most cases within the sample.

Since Hungary's accession to the European Union, the country has gotten significant encouragement from the Community Cohesive Base regarding its economic situation. The aim of our research is to introduce and evaluate the developments of The National Development Plan and the New Hungary Development Plan in the South-Transdanubian Region. The South-Transdanubian Region placed fourth on the list of state of development in 2008, furthermore, on the basis of estimated spending power parity, the GDP index was not even fifty percent of the average Union value in 2005. According to numbers from 2004, 18 out of 24 areas were underprivileged. These are the areas with significant opportunities for development. Within the frame of the research we analysed the submitted and supported applications, the number of contracted applications, the engaged amount, the required they requested and the amount they were given by the local government, the initial payments and the payment support amount. In the course of the project we compared the data of the Transdanubian Region with that of Hungary generally. We analysed the intensity of the supporting rate and that apportionment in the Operational Program. The data source for the Reporting and Query Framework was the National Development Agency JELEK. We evaluated the application funds absorption capacity of the Southern Transdanubia Municipalties, the application use efficiency in the target areas. The improvements and their key characteristics, and compared their data with that of regions at similar levels of development. Keywords: municipalities, development, competition, fund absorption

In the EU-27 countries, the importance of social sustainability of digital transformation (SOSDIT) is heightened by the need to balance economic growth with social cohesion. By prioritizing SOSDIT, the EU can ensure that its citizens are not left behind in the digital transformation process and that technology serves the needs of all Europeans. Therefore, the current study aimed firstly to evaluate the SOSDIT of EU-27 countries and then to model its importance in reaching sustainable development goals (SDGs). The current study, using structural equation modeling, provided quantitative empirical evidence that digital transformation in Finland, the Netherlands, and Denmark are respectively most socially sustainable. It is also found that SOSDIT leads the countries to have a higher performance in reaching SDGs. Finally, the study provided evidence implying the inverse relationship between the Gini coefficient and reaching SDGs. In other words, the higher the Gini coefficient of a country, the lower its performance in reaching SDGs. The findings of this study contribute to the literature of sustainability and digitalization. It also provides empirical evidence regarding the SOSDIT level of EU-27 countries that can be a foundation for the development of policies to improve the sustainability of digital transformation. According to the findings, this study provides practical recommendations for countries to ensure that their digital transformation is sustainable and has a positive impact on society.

The purpose of this study was to model the impact of mentoring on women's work-life balance. Indeed, this study considered mentoring as a solution to create a work-life balance of women. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews with both mentors and mentees of Tehran Municipality were conducted and the collected data were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory. Findings provided a model of how mentoring affects women's work-life balance. According to this model, role management is the key criterion for work-life balancing among women. In this model, antecedents of role management and the contextual factors affecting role management, the constraints of mentoring in the organization, as well as the consequences of effective mentoring in the organization are described. The findings of this research contribute to the mentoring literature as well as to the role management literature and provide recommendations for organizations and for future research.