Private-Public Partnerships

Abby Ghobadian is Director of the Institute of Research and CISMR, and Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Strategy at Middlesex University. His research interests lie principally in operations and environmental management as well as the formulation and deployment of corporate strategy in small and medium sized organizations. Nicholas O'Regan is Principal Lecturer in Business Studies at Middlesex University Business School. His research interests include the organizational culture, leadership and strategic planning processes of small and medium sized organizations. Other research interests include the deployment of technology and the use of e-business in SMEs. David Gallear is Principle Lecturer in Operations Management at Middlesex University Business School. His research interests and many publications focus on quality and business excellence development, and supply chain management. Other research interests include supply chain purchasing strategy and performance measurement. Howard Viney is a Lecturer in Management at the Open University Business School. His research focuses upon issues of strategic adaptation in recently privatized industries, and a developing interest in issues relating to the private provision of public goods and services.

• PPP: The Instrument for Transforming the Public Services; A.Ghobadian, D.Gallear, N.O'Regan & H.Viney PART I: PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP): CONTEXT, PURPOSE AND PERSPECTIVES Public-Private Partnerships and Private Finance; Rt Hon J.Redwood MP New Labour and PPPs; D.Corry PART II: ASSESSING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF PPP AND OVERCOMING POTENTIAL RESISTANCE Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust; C.Morton & C.Banks Public Private Partnerships; K.Faulkner Making PPPs Accountable: The Case of Ireland; M.Kay & E.Reeves PART III: FINDING THE RIGHT PARTNER Finding the Right Partner; C.Foster Finding the Right Partner: The Partners' Perspective; R.Kerley PART IV: BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP Public-Private Partnerships and Regional Economic Development; T.Cockerill Diversity and Contestability: The Key to Public Service Modernisation; J.Tizard Public-Private Partnership: The Right Form at the Wrong Moment? An Analysis of Institutional and Strategic Obstacles; E-H.Klijn & G.R.Teisman PART V: PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE (PFI) An Examination of the Private Finance Initiative: Has the PFI Initiative Assisted in the Investment in our Public Services or Has It Been an Expensive Diversion?; T.Haggar Risk Management and the Private Finance Initiative; R.Ball, M.Heafey & D.King Why is it so Expensive to Bid for PFI Contracts?; A.Knight & I.Fox PART VI: PPP - CONTRACTUAL ISSUES PPP Contractual Issues: Big Promises and Unfinished Business; G.A.Hodge & D.M.Bowman PART VII: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND EXPERIENCE Public-Private Partnerships in Western Europe and the USA: New Growths from Old Roots; T.Bovaird Public-Private Partnerships in Service Delivery in Developing Countries: Jamaican Examples; P.D.Osei PART VIII: PPP - THE WAY FORWARD Future of Public-Private Partnership; A.Ghobadian, D.Gallear, H.Viney & N.O'Regan