TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges faced by local government in Indonesia when adopting a public asset management framework.Design/methodology/approach– A case study within the South Sulawesi provincial government was used as the approach to achieve the research objective. The case study involved two data collection techniques – interviews and document analysis.Findings– The result of the study indicates there are significant challenges that the Indonesian local government need to manage when adopting a public asset management framework. Those challenges are: the absence of an institutional and legal framework to support the asset management application; the non‐profit principle of public assets; multiple jurisdictions involved in the public asset management processes; the complexity of local government objectives; the non‐availability of data for managing public property; and limited human resources.Research limitations/implications– This research is limited to one case study. It is a preliminary study from larger research that uses multiple case studies. The main research also investigates opportunities for local government by adopting and implementing public asset management.Originality/value– The paper's findings provide useful input for the policy makers, academics and asset management practitioners in Indonesia to establish a public asset management framework resulting in efficient and effective organizations, as well as an increase of public services quality. This study has a potential application in other developing countries.
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SN  - 1463-001X
DO  - 10.1108/14630011111120332
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14630011111120332
AU  - Hasbi Hanis Muhammad
AU  - Trigunarsyah Bambang
AU  - Susilawati Connie
ED  - Alan D. White
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - The application of public asset management in Indonesian local government: A case study in South Sulawesi province
T2  - Journal of Corporate Real Estate
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 36
EP  - 47
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -