Strategic Issues in Public - Private Partnerships

According to Leland and Read (2012), planners in both the public and private sector generally have positive attitudes about public-private partnerships. However, there are notable differences in individual attitudes about the perceived opportunities and challenges of such collaborative ventures. Age, education, gender, race, political orientation and sector of employment are all found to influence planners' attitudes in ways that are important to the study of cross-sector collaboration and representative bureaucracy. Based on seven public-private partnership cases from the eco-efficiency Ecoprofit initiative , Hansen and Klewitz (2012) identified three behavioral patterns (holdup , step-up, and frontrunner) developed by the companies within the partnership. These were the result of an interaction between the companies' green strategy and their related level of absorptive capacity, which influenced their ability to respond to the handholding processes offered in the partnership. Also, Kaboru (2012) targets policymakers, donors and health systems scientists and ends with a call for more aware and innovative leadership, for increased support of PPM initiatives … This book answered many questions. Chapter 1 explains how Governments have been increasingly faced with the dilemma of satisfying greater demand for public infrastructure , while operating with lower budgets and spending power. This dilemma has created a need for public-private partnerships to bridge the gap between government's obligation to its citizens and private organizations' monetary resources. The chapter discusses how the process of creating a successful and mutually beneficial partnership, or concession, is very complicated though, and includes issues of transparency, societal concerns, economic viability and value for money, and safeguarding the public interest. The actual internal workings of a concession itself are complex and require some rate of standardization for consultations, negotiations, financing, and flexibility of service and design.