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A multi-disciplinary meta-review of the public–private partnerships research

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  • Timur Narbaev
  • Alberto De Marco
  • Nurlan Orazalin

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Public-private partnerships (PPP) research is very diverse. This field of research covers different topics across multiple disciplines and is disseminated in many journals. This has led to numerous review studies with a single discipline focus that apply mostly subjective or descriptive analyses. With the purpose of providing an integrated overview of all the disciplines that involve PPP and uncovering connections between these, this research provides an extensive PPP literature meta-review that uses objective bibliometric measures on 1970 articles from 773 journals. The methodology involves ranking journals, identifying topical trends over 1989–2018, and clustering the literature to create a PPP knowledge map with associated research domains. The findings reaffirm that PPP is not only a multi-disciplinary research area but also a self-contained meta-discipline that integrates some allied disciplines with their foundational theories. The PPP meta-discipline is largely dominated by Construction Management and Economics (CME), Public Administration and Management, and Transportation Research disciplines, and integrates emerging topics such as sustainability, governance and stakeholders management. This study contributes to the CME scholarly community as it offers the first comprehensive meta-analysis of PPP literature and helps understanding PPP under the lens of a multi-disciplinary perspective.

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  • Timur Narbaev & Alberto De Marco & Nurlan Orazalin, 2020. "A multi-disciplinary meta-review of the public–private partnerships research," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 109-125, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:38:y:2020:i:2:p:109-125
    DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2019.1643033
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    1. Dayashankar Maurya & Amit Srivastava, 2022. "Controlling Partner Opportunism in Cross-Sectoral Alliance: Dynamics of Governance Flexibility," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 23(1), pages 15-28, December.
    2. Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz, Vicente & Sánchez Soliño, Antonio & Lara Galera, Antonio & Isabel Álvarez, José Miguel, 2021. "Bankrupt PPPs: Is it really so bad? Case study of R-3 and R-5 toll motorways in Spain," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 78-87.
    3. Zezhou Wu & Kaijie Yang & Xiaofan Lai & Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari, 2020. "A Scientometric Review of System Dynamics Applications in Construction Management Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-16, September.
    4. Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz & Antonio Lara Galera & Juan Molina Millán & Belén Muñoz Medina, 2023. "Public–Private Partnerships: Left or Right Government Economic Policy?," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 1523-1544, December.
    5. Roberto Moro-Visconti, 2021. "Networking Digital Platforms and Healthcare Project Finance Bankability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-18, April.

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