Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework

A Public–Private Partnership (PPP) procurement mode is poised to play a leading role in delivering global infrastructure. However, there is no fundamental microeconomic framework to determine whether a project or part/s of a project is a suitable PPP. This paper presents the development of a new the...

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Main Authors: Teo, Pauline, Bridge, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23268
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description A Public–Private Partnership (PPP) procurement mode is poised to play a leading role in delivering global infrastructure. However, there is no fundamental microeconomic framework to determine whether a project or part/s of a project is a suitable PPP. This paper presents the development of a new theoretical framework that overarches and harnesses the application and integration of prominent microeconomic theories, namely, transaction cost and resource-based theories, property rights theory and principal-agent theory, to explain how an efficient bundle of property rights, associated with externalised project activities, is configured or crafted. This novel framework is developed to contribute significantly to advancing the rigour and transparency of PPP selection, as well as advancing theory of the firm. In turn, this change in current PPP thinking would appreciably increase the prospect of PPPs efficiently addressing the substantial appetite for this mode of procurement.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-232682019-11-12T01:03:19Z Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework Teo, Pauline Bridge, A. A Public–Private Partnership (PPP) procurement mode is poised to play a leading role in delivering global infrastructure. However, there is no fundamental microeconomic framework to determine whether a project or part/s of a project is a suitable PPP. This paper presents the development of a new theoretical framework that overarches and harnesses the application and integration of prominent microeconomic theories, namely, transaction cost and resource-based theories, property rights theory and principal-agent theory, to explain how an efficient bundle of property rights, associated with externalised project activities, is configured or crafted. This novel framework is developed to contribute significantly to advancing the rigour and transparency of PPP selection, as well as advancing theory of the firm. In turn, this change in current PPP thinking would appreciably increase the prospect of PPPs efficiently addressing the substantial appetite for this mode of procurement. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23268 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.10.008 Pergamon fulltext
spellingShingle Teo, Pauline
Bridge, A.
Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework
title Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework
title_full Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework
title_fullStr Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework
title_full_unstemmed Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework
title_short Crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a Public-Private Partnership: A new theoretical framework
title_sort crafting an efficient bundle of property rights to determine the suitability of a public-private partnership: a new theoretical framework
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23268