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Agricultural Government Commercial Company

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Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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Synonyms

Agriculture; Government commercial company; Public sector; Rice industry

Definitions

Government Commercial Company: A 100% government-owned corporatized enterprise that is required to operate purely on commercial objectives.

Product Differentiation: Making changes to product to set it apart from competitor products in the marketplace.

Product diversification: Modifying current products to add variety or adding new products to the existing line or mix of products.

Introduction

In the field of public administration or public management, the issue of organizational performance has become critical since it is seen as the ultimate goal (Rainey 2003). Providing solutions to the reforming, yet struggling public companies will not only help improve their performance but also greatly enhance the overall public sector portfolio performance of economies. However, certain public companies are resource dependent on other stakeholders. The perusal of literature is indicative of public...

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  1. Discipline of Management and Public Administration, School of Business and Management, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

    Jashwini Narayan

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Narayan, J. (2021). Agricultural Government Commercial Company. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4330-1

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