Wang, D; Wang, X; Liu, M; Liu, H and Liu, B (2021) Managing public-private partnerships: A transmission pattern of underlying dynamics determining project performance. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28(4), pp. 1038-1059. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: The performance of public–private partnerships (PPPs) can be determined by a variety of factors, i.e. influencing factors (IFs). This study is undertaken for a purpose of identifying how such factors determine the project's performance (i.e. factor transmission patterns), particularly from the key stakeholders' perspectives. Design/methodology/approach: A hybrid approach, which comprises a Social Network Analysis, ISM (i.e. Interpretive Structural Modeling) and an improved DEMATEL (i.e. Decision-Making Trail and Evaluation Laboratory), was developed to analyze the causal relationships between the identified IFs as well as the transmission patterns of their impacts on PPPs. Data were collected from interviews and questionnaire surveys. Findings: The transmission patterns of the identified IFs cascade from project environment and features and stakeholders' relationship to the project company capabilities and project process. It is identified that the public authority has a higher level than that of the private entity in PPPs. Research limitations/implications: It lacks longitudinal studies to investigate the dynamics of PPP stakeholder relationships and social networks. Future research needs to explore the transmission patterns of sub-factors affecting PPP performance and extend the applicability of the developed hybrid approach. Practical implications: This research provides practitioners with a robust tool that is useful for and insights into enhancing the management of lifecycle performance. It ensures the public authorities and private entities embarking on PPPs will make an informed decision about the monitoring of the life cycle performance. Originality/value: This study contributes to knowledge of managerial mechanisms that can be adopted to manage factors determining the performance of PPPs. It enables an understanding of stakeholders' roles in driving the life cycle performance of PPPs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | influencing factor; ppps; project performance; stakeholder influence; transmission pattern |
| Index terms: | methodology, decision-making, practitioner, questionnaire, laboratory, public authority, interview, social network analysis, social network, survey, dynamics, monitoring, project performance, lifecycle, interpretive structural modelling, influencing factor, life cycle, partnership |
| Subjects: | research methods, project management theory and practice, decision analysis, sociology, research management, partnership management, systems engineering, administrative law, data collection methods, risk assessment, practitioner, value management, control systems, project delivery, data analysis and analytics |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Site Management, Project Management, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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