NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ELEMENTS OF PERFORMANCE - ANALYSIS OF STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES IN CROATIA, SLOVENIA AND HUNGARY

Martina Dragija Kostic (), Josip Cicak () and Matko Ljubic ()
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Martina Dragija Kostic: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business
Josip Cicak: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business
Matko Ljubic: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business

Economic Thought and Practice, 2022, vol. 31, issue 2, 397-420

Abstract: Background: Non-financial reporting in the public sector is a relatively new topic. In the European Union, through Directive 2014/95/EU, non-financial reporting of public interest entities with over five hundred employees at the reporting date was introduced. Thus, member states are obliged to incorporate non-financial reporting into their national legislation. Purpose: The paper examines the assumption that more profitable companies will publish more information in non-financial reports to show their performance. Another assumption is that more indebted companies are producing more non-financial disclosures. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between the information that is made public in public sector enterprises' (SOEs') non-financial reports and their financial performance. Methods/Approach: The paper analyses data from publicly available non-financial reports of SOEs for the period 2017-2019. The sample consists of 27 companies, including 10 Croatian SOEs, 10 Slovenian SOEs, and 7 Hungarian SOEs. Findings: Based on the conducted research we have drawn following findings; State ownership has a negative impact on the information provided in non-financial reports, while the quantity of information provided and the number of employees are positively correlated. Profitability has a negative impact on non-financial reporting, while a higher net profit will increase non-financial disclosures. Leverage has a positive impact on the IRD index in the sample of Croatia and Slovenia that was observed. Conclusion: Non-financial reporting has been implemented in accordance with Directive 2014/95/EU. In the examined sample of SOEs a correlation was found between non-financial reporting and the profitability and indebtedness of SOEs. Originality: Research in the paper has been made on previously unresearched examples – SOEs non-financial reporting in Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary.

Keywords: non-financial reporting; state owned enterprises; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H83 L32 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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