The proliferation of public-private partnerships is rapidly reconfiguring the international health landscape. This article (part I of two on the subject) traces the changing nature of partnership, and discusses the definitional and conceptual ambiguities surrounding the term. After defining global public-private partnerships (GPPPs) for health development, we analyse the factors which have led ...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are becoming increasingly important for the provision of public services. Therefore, public-private partnerships (PPP) have become a valuable alternative for implementing, maintaining, and modernizing public ICT infrastructures. However, information technology (IT) partnerships between public and private parties are difficult endeavours due to di...

2015. Public-private partnerships, management capacity and public service efficiency. Please note: Changes made as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing, formatting and page numbers may not be reflected in this version. For the definitive version of this publication, please refer to the published source. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite this...

Purpose-French universities can play a key role in generating Smart City approach through an innovative Public-Private Partnership dedicated to urban transformation. Methodology-We led an action-research study for five years with several research and pedagogic projects including users or citizens. Findings-The paper points out main factors of Smart City development. It also presents shared demo...

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 influe...

The formation of the national legislation Republic Belarus in field sustainable development, as well partnership between state and economic entities, is significantly influenced by established international legal regulation. In this regard, article analyzes process term «sustainable development» law, emergence cooperation private sector. role mechanism public-private a instrument linking elemen...