Critical Success Factors for Public-
Date
2011-04-19
Authors
Raghubar, Romaina
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Abstract
The purpose of this research was to identify critical success factors for publicprivate
partnerships (PPPs) in South Africa. A number of studies have been
completed in several developed countries on critical success factors for PPPs
(Li et al. 2005; Tang et al. 2009; Zhang 2005). These studies were identified
and reviewed in order to document existing findings to evaluate their
applicability to the South African situation. From the literature review, it was
revealed that thirteen critical success factors exist in the international context.
These were used as the point of departure for this research which, in essence,
examines these factors seen to be valid in developed countries and assesses
whether they are appropriate to South Africa.
The research used semi-structured interviews to collect data from the South
African public-private partnership market in Gauteng. Twenty interviews were
conducted with experienced senior stakeholders from the public and private
sectors representing government, banking and other professions. Content
analysis was carried out on the data collected.
The research concluded that all thirteen propositions formulated were
applicable to the South African public-private partnership environment, with
some being more important than others. A favourable and enforceable legal and
regularity framework, government and community support and a stable political
and sound economic environment were the three most important factors for a
successful South African public-private partnership. Although still regarded as
significant, the factors of clear roles and responsibilities, as well as active
management of all stakeholder relationships, commitment and trust among the
partners, and effective and extensive communication are regarded as less
important for a South African public-private partnership. The other factors fell in
between the most important and less important. The findings of this work in
terms of levels of importance generally differed from the conclusions of related
research previously done in developed countries
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MBA - WBS
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Public-private partnerships