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Designing successful business strategies for private public partnerships: an ontological approach

Fragkoulis Papagiannis (Faculty of Business and Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK)
Patrizia Gazzola (Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy)
David Slavata (VSB–Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Daniele Grechi (Department of Human Sciences and Territorial Innovation, University of Insubria, Como, Italy)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 17 May 2021

Issue publication date: 7 February 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present an innovative approach for the strategic design of public–private partnerships (PPP) and private finance initiatives (PFI) based on ontology.

Design/methodology/approach

Adopting a historic approach, it introduces a posteriori knowledge, deriving from the scheme’s stakeholders at the construction and implementation phase of PPPs. Continuous failures of these collaboration schemes and initiatives underline the necessity for a novel project structure. The conceptual argument is based both on empirical and epistemological approaches. It integrates the value-added (VA) of the ontological theory in the PPP/PFI business strategy.

Findings

The research emphasises contemporary design gaps of their current structure and proposes an ontological redesign. The proposed redesign produces a conceptually innovative scheme, which enhances the VA business strategies and their objectives to the structure of these collaborating schemes.

Practical implications

The ontological design of this paper is useful for academics and business consultants around the world and especially in Europe for the successful growth and development of such dynamic collaborations.

Originality/value

Enterprise ontology bridges conceptual and structural gaps of strategic objectives, which are primarily responsible for the failures of PPP collaboration.

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Citation

Papagiannis, F., Gazzola, P., Slavata, D. and Grechi, D. (2022), "Designing successful business strategies for private public partnerships: an ontological approach", Kybernetes, Vol. 51 No. 2, pp. 641-658. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-12-2020-0839

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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