Public private partnerships - an examination of the impact of partnership behaviour and perspectives on projects in India

Krishnan, Sabarinath (2020). Public private partnerships - an examination of the impact of partnership behaviour and perspectives on projects in India. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

India is one of the few developing countries in the world that has a massive mandate for the implementation of public private partnership (PPP) projects for infrastructure development in the country. PPPs were introduced in the country in 1997 and in the last twenty years their performance and their journey has been chequered with mixed results. In the last few years, the government of India has increased the mandate to the tune of a thousand PPP projects targeted for implementation in the next few years requiring billions of dollars of investment from the corporate sector in the country (Chavaly, 2014).
This is a subject that has attracted much attention but the focus of studies rests upon the successes and failures of the projects implemented under this model of project implementation. There are very few studies that study the project process to understand the members of the organisations that drive the PPP vehicle in the country. This study, in contrast to previous research, looks at the interactions of the organisational actors in projects and at the decision-making that happens within and between these organisations to understand and examine the outcomes of projects.
This thesis contributes to the knowledge on the workings of organisational actors and their interactions as a significant contributor to the nature of project outcomes. This study finds that complex project actor interactions in these projects lead to project outcomes that cannot be explained by other existing factors. These relationships between project actors creates a deeper impact on project outcomes rather than factors such as ground conditions and availability of capital and resources for project implementation. This study also finds that these interactions between organisational actors trigger decision making patterns which play a significant role in project outcomes, ultimately influencing the progress of the implementation of PPP projects. Along with such evidence, the examination of organisational actors helps demonstrate the significance of behavioural factors and decision making in public private projects.

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Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)

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Doctorates > Ph.D.

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