Ilgenstein, Sabrina Alexa (2022). Development of Public-Private Partnerships: Formation, Strategic Processes, and Legitimacy Building. (Thesis). Universität Bern, Bern
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Abstract
Public-private partnerships (PPPs), and hybrid organizations in general, attract theoretical and practical interest worldwide because of the challenges governments face to fulfil their complex obligations and tasks. Typical challenges include public health, sustainable development, poverty, gender equality, among others. A single actor, a single sectoral logic, or a single governance mechanism is often insufficient for addressing these problems. PPPs, defined as a collaborative, typically long-term arrangement between a public and a private entity, have therefore been established to fulfil a public service, to address an issue of public concern or to support the public sector in overcoming such challenges. On the other hand, PPPs have their own organizational and strategic complexity because they have to align the interests of various stakeholders from the public and private sectors. This thesis focuses on the challenges PPPs face during their early establishment by analyzing the incentives of the actors involved as well as the processes set in motion to align their interests, and gain legitimacy. The cumulative dissertation consists of three papers that address PPPs focussing on innovation rather than on PPPs focussing on infrastructure or services. Each paper analyzes one of three stages that occur as part of the establishment of PPPs: input, throughput and output. The first paper focuses on an organization’s input and examines the incentives behind choosing a PPP as an organizational form. The second paper analyzes the throughput stage, which includes the strategic processes that occur during the establishment of a PPP. The third paper addresses output in terms of legitimacy an organization has to build to be considered successful.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Dissertation Type: | Cumulative |
| Date of Defense: | 24 February 2022 |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 350 Public administration & military science |
| Institute / Center: | 11 Centers of Competence > Center of Comptetence for Public Management (KPM) 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Hammer Igor |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2025 07:19 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2025 14:50 |
| URI: | https://boristheses.unibe.ch/id/eprint/5920 |
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