A critical review of studies on renegotiation within the public-private partnerships (PPPs) scheme
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
ISSN: 0969-9988
Article publication date: 15 February 2022
Issue publication date: 1 September 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Frequent renegotiations within public-private partnership (PPP) have been recognised and affect project efficiency. Literature has focussed on diverse issues associated with renegotiation within PPP, especially in Latin America and Europe. However, a systematic summary what they have already provided appears lacking. Thus, the paper aims to conduct a critical review of publications concerning PPP renegotiation and explore the status quo, future interests and gaps in research.
Design/methodology/approach
This study carried out a four-phase literature review research framework to identify the quality PPP-renegotiation articles published from 2003 to 2020. Assessing the full articles for eligibility by providing a structured summary including: background; objectives; data sources; study appraisal; results; limitations; conclusions and implications of key findings. After that, filtering papers associated with PPP renegotiation in terms of the structured summary, and a total of 60 research papers were selected in the database of web of science and Scopus for review.
Findings
Methods adopted by researchers, research topics and theoretical foundations of PPP renegotiation research in different disciplines were identified through content analysis. Amongst the popular research topics identified were renegotiation factors, the outcomes with renegotiations, the framework to deal with renegotiations and contract design dealing with renegotiation based on rigid or flexible contracts.
Originality/value
This study contributes to the current body of PPP knowledge by revealing the research trend in the past 20 years. It also points out the directions that the renegotiations of PPP research may go towards in the future. Moreover, this study is very valuable in understanding how governments and concessionaires effectively handle renegotiations.
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Acknowledgements
This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71972018), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2021CDJSKJC02). The authors wish to thank the anonymous reviewers, whose insightful comments and helpful suggestions significantly contributed to improving this paper.
Citation
Feng, X., Cao, J., Wu, G. and Duan, K. (2023), "A critical review of studies on renegotiation within the public-private partnerships (PPPs) scheme", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 30 No. 8, pp. 3674-3695. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-09-2021-0790
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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