Effectiveness of Private Finance Initiatives (PFI): Study of private financing for the provision of capital assets for schools

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-61

  Kakabadse, Nada K ^a   Kakabadse, Andrew P ^b   Summers, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building schools for future; Local education partnerships; Openness; PFI effect and utilisation; Private finance initiatives; Project management skills; Public private partnerships; Trust

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL PROVISION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847725413     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.433     Document Type: Article

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