TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of Studies on the Public–Private Partnerships (PPP) for Infrastructure Projects
AU - Cai, Caiyun
AU - Liu, Yong
AU - Hope, Alex
AU - Wang, Jianping
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Public-private partnership (PPP) is an approach adopted to enhance the economic value of infrastructure outputs, and it encompasses a broad spectrum of public sector infrastructure. Many researchers have explored the application of PPP to improve the efficiency of infrastructure delivery. This study aims to review the existing PPP research to explore the status quo, trends, and gaps in research for PPP infrastructure projects. A systematic process involving a three-phase word frequency analysis, cluster analysis, and a search on potential research topics helps to provide enough potential articles related to PPP research and reduce arbitrariness and subjectivity involved in the research topic analysis. As a result, six main research topics aligned with the infrastructure PPP projects were derived. The research gaps and research directions can serve as a motivation for researchers and practitioners to work on the next generation of PPP studies to support the development of infrastructure.
AB - Public-private partnership (PPP) is an approach adopted to enhance the economic value of infrastructure outputs, and it encompasses a broad spectrum of public sector infrastructure. Many researchers have explored the application of PPP to improve the efficiency of infrastructure delivery. This study aims to review the existing PPP research to explore the status quo, trends, and gaps in research for PPP infrastructure projects. A systematic process involving a three-phase word frequency analysis, cluster analysis, and a search on potential research topics helps to provide enough potential articles related to PPP research and reduce arbitrariness and subjectivity involved in the research topic analysis. As a result, six main research topics aligned with the infrastructure PPP projects were derived. The research gaps and research directions can serve as a motivation for researchers and practitioners to work on the next generation of PPP studies to support the development of infrastructure.
KW - Public–private-Partnerships (PPP)
KW - Infrastructure
KW - Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)
KW - 15 Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
KW - Cluster analysis
KW - Word cloud
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2018.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2018.03.004
M3 - Review article
VL - 36
SP - 773
EP - 794
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
SN - 0263-7863
IS - 5
ER -