Most cited papers in Public-Private Partnership Projects
What are the most cited papers in Public-Private Partnership Projects?
The most cited paper in Public-Private Partnership Projects is "An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance" (Kirk Emerson, Tina Nabatchi, Stephen Balogh, 2011), with 3,544 citations. Next come "The Reification of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct" (2,865) and "The Proper Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to Prisons" (1,814).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 317 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance Kirk Emerson, Tina Nabatchi, Stephen Balogh · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 2 May 2011 | 3,544 |
| 2 | The Reification of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct Peter J. Lane, Balaji R. Koka, Seemantini Madhukar Pathak · Academy of Management Review | Oct 2006 | 2,865 |
| 3 | The Proper Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to Prisons Oliver Hart, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1997 | 1,814 |
| 4 | Cross-Sector Partnerships to Address Social Issues: Challenges to Theory and Practice John W. Selsky, Barbara Parker · Journal of Management | 8 Nov 2005 | 1,343 |
| 5 | Governance Without Government? Rethinking Public Administration B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | Apr 1998 | 1,319 |
| 6 | Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve · Public Administration Review | May 2007 | 1,218 |
| 7 | INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA Hanna de Vries, Victor Bekkers, Lars G. Tummers · Public Administration | 28 Sep 2015 | 1,194 |
| 8 | From New Public Management to Public Value: Paradigmatic Change and Managerial Implications Janine O’Flynn · Australian Journal of Public Administration | 27 Aug 2007 | 1,062 |
| 9 | Evaluating the risks of public private partnerships for infrastructure projects Darrin Grimsey, Mervyn K. Lewis · International Journal of Project Management | Feb 2002 | 964 |
| 10 | Managing Successful Organizational Change in the Public Sector Sergio Fernández, Hal G. Rainey · Public Administration Review | Mar 2006 | 951 |
| 11 | Participation and Accountability at the Periphery: Democratic Local Governance in Six Countries Harry W. Blair · World Development | 2000 | 941 |
| 12 | The allocation of risk in PPP/PFI construction projects in the UK Li Nian Bing, Akintola Akintoye, Peter J. Edwards et al. · International Journal of Project Management | 2 Jun 2004 | 901 |
| 13 | The Dynamics of Multi‐organizational Partnerships: an Analysis of Changing Modes of Governance Vivien Lowndes, Chris Skelcher · Public Administration | 1998 | 834 |
| 14 | Comparing Public and Private Organizations: Empirical Research and the Power of the A Priori Hal G. Rainey, Barry L. Bozeman · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | Apr 2000 | 822 |
| 15 | Critical success factors for PPP/PFI projects in the UK construction industry Bing Li, Akintola Akintoye, Peter J. Edwards et al. · Construction Management and Economics | Jun 2005 | 819 |
| 16 | Review of studies on the Critical Success Factors for Public–Private Partnership (PPP) projects from 1990 to 2013 Robert Osei‐Kyei, Albert P.C. Chan · International Journal of Project Management | 5 Mar 2015 | 804 |
| 17 | Causes of delay and cost overruns in construction of groundwater projects in a developing countries; Ghana as a case study Yaw Frimpong, Jacob Oluwoye, Lynn Heather Crawford · International Journal of Project Management | 19 May 2003 | 799 |
| 18 | How common and how large are cost overruns in transport infrastructure projects? Bent Flyvbjerg, Mette K. Skamris Holm, Søren L. Buhl · Transport Reviews | 2003 | 790 |
| 19 | Creditor control rights and firm investment policy☆ Greg Nini, David Chan Smith, Amir Sufi · Journal of Financial Economics | 25 Feb 2009 | 772 |
| 20 | Critical Success Factors for Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Development Xueqing Zhang · Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | 16 Dec 2004 | 752 |
| 21 | The Private Sector and the SDGs: The Need to Move Beyond ‘Business as Usual’ Regina A. Scheyvens, Glenn Banks, E. D. Hughes · Sustainable Development | 30 Mar 2016 | 746 |
| 22 | Joined-up Government: A Survey Christopher Pollitt · Political Studies Review | 2003 | 702 |
| 23 | Beyond the ‘iron triangle’: Stakeholder perception of key performance indicators (KPIs) for large-scale public sector development projects Shamas‐ur‐Rehman Toor, Stephen O. Ogunlana · International Journal of Project Management | 10 Jun 2009 | 625 |
| 24 | Policy networks and the local organisation of tourism Dianne Dredge · Tourism Management | 2 Feb 2005 | 584 |
| 25 | Public–Private Partnerships: from Contested Concepts to Prevalent Practice Tony Bovaird · International Review of Administrative Sciences | Jun 2004 | 574 |
| 26 | Public–private partnerships: Perspectives on purposes, publicness, and good governance Derick W. Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff · Public Administration and Development | 25 Jan 2011 | 568 |
| 27 | Decentralisation and Accountability in Infrastructure Delivery in Developing Countries Pranab Bardhan, Dilip Mookherjee · The Economic Journal | 2006 | 567 |
| 28 | Management Innovation and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Effect of Performance Management Richard M. Walker, Fariborz Damanpour, Carlos Devece · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 18 Aug 2010 | 549 |
| 29 | Privatization and Its Reverse: Explaining the Dynamics of the Government Contracting Process Abraham Hefetz · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 5 Mar 2004 | 548 |
| 30 | Antecedents of participative budgeting Jeffrey F. Shields, Michael D. Shields · Accounting Organizations and Society | 1998 | 541 |
| 31 | Contracting out by the public sector: theory, evidence, prospects Simon Domberger · Oxford Review of Economic Policy | Dec 1997 | 528 |
| 32 | Towards a multi-actor theory of public value co-creation John M. Bryson, Alessandro Sancino, John Benington et al. · Public Management Review | 25 Aug 2016 | 527 |
| 33 | Public Procurement for Innovation as mission-oriented innovation policy Charles Edquist, Jon Mikel Zabala‐Iturriagagoitia · Research Policy | 16 Oct 2012 | 521 |
| 34 | Managing public–private megaprojects: Paradoxes, complexity, and project design Alfons van Marrewijk, Stewart Roger Clegg, Tyrone S. Pitsis et al. · International Journal of Project Management | 4 Dec 2007 | 520 |
| 35 | Are public–private partnerships a healthy option? A systematic literature review Jens K. Roehrich, Michael Anthony Lewis, Gerard George · Social Science & Medicine | 6 May 2014 | 509 |
| 36 | Are Public Private Partnerships value for money? Darrin Grimsey, Mervyn K. Lewis · Accounting Forum | 2 Jul 2005 | 507 |
| 37 | Detection of Bid Rigging in Procurement Auctions Robert H. Porter, J. Douglas Zona · Journal of Political Economy | Jun 1993 | 502 |
| 38 | Review of studies on the public–private partnerships (PPP) for infrastructure projects Caiyun Cui, Yong Liu, Alex Hope et al. · International Journal of Project Management | 4 Apr 2018 | 497 |
| 39 | Performance Measurement: Getting Results Harry P. Hatry | 16 Jan 2007 | 492 |
| 40 | The Political Economy of South Africa: From Minerals--Energy Complex to Industrialisation Éric Cédiey, Ben Fine, Zavareh Rustomjee · Africa | 2000 | 490 |
| 41 | Institutional and Strategic Barriers to Public—Private Partnership: An Analysis of Dutch Cases Erik‐Hans Klijn, Geert R. Teisman · Public Money & Management | Jul 2003 | 483 |
| 42 | Managing Public Service Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets Trevor L. Brown, Matthew Potoski, David M. Van Slyke · Public Administration Review | May 2006 | 479 |
| 43 | Examining the debt implications of the Belt and Road Initiative from a policy perspective John Hurley, Scott Morris, Gailyn Portelance · Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development | 27 Jun 2019 | 473 |
| 44 | Corruption in public projects and megaprojects: There is an elephant in the room! Giorgio Locatelli, Giacomo Mariani, Tristano Sainati et al. · International Journal of Project Management | 24 Oct 2016 | 473 |
| 45 | Strategic performance management: A balanced approach to performance management issues in local government Louise Kloot, John Martin · Management Accounting Research | Jun 2000 | 471 |
| 46 | Is private production of public services cheaper than public production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services Germà Bel, Xavier Fageda, Mildred E. Warner · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management | 3 Jun 2010 | 463 |
| 47 | Public value creation through collaborative innovation Barbara C. Crosby, Paul ‘t Hart, Jacob Torfing · Public Management Review | 25 Aug 2016 | 460 |
| 48 | Preferred risk allocation in China’s public–private partnership (PPP) projects Yongjian Ke, Shouqing Wang, Albert P.C. Chan et al. · International Journal of Project Management | 22 Sep 2009 | 453 |
| 49 | Management of Bureaucrats and Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Nigerian Civil Service Imran Rasul, Daniel Rogger · The Economic Journal | 8 Aug 2016 | 449 |
| 50 | Making sense of the multi-party contractual arrangements of project partnering, project alliancing and integrated project delivery Pertti Lahdenperä · Construction Management and Economics | 2012 | 449 |
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