Organisational and economic model of innovation and resource potential management of a water supply enterprise in the context of sustainable development

This paper is devoted to the problems of managing the innovation and resource potential of water supply enterprises for the purpose of their sustainable development. The study develops an organisational and economic model of innovation and resource potential management of water supply enterprises, tests the model within the activities of a particular enterprise, and, consequently, forms recommendations to improve the management of the innovation and resource potential of the water supply enterprise. The creation of the model is based on the results of earlier studies in which we proved the necessity of using the term “innovation and resource potential of an enterprise” in scientific and practical vocabulary. We previously substantiated the significance of considering innovation and resource potential, studying its essence and structure in relation to water supply enterprises as economic entities that implement the most important goal of sustainable development associated with providing
the population with high-quality drinking water. Our previous methodology assessed the innovation and resource potential of a water supply enterprise. The present study applies various methods of analysis, synthesis, structuring, and generalisation, as well as regression analysis. In the proposed model, the external and internal environments and input and output parameters specific to water supply enterprises are reflected in their interrelations. The model is tested on the example of the State Unitary Enterprise “Vodokanal of St. Petersburg”. In particular, the influence of the introduction of an intelligent automated system of management in Saint Petersburg’s water supply system on the value of the innovation and resource potential (in terms of its sub-potentials) and on the resultant indices of the enterprise performance is evaluated. We propose guidelines for managing each structural element of innovation and resource potential.