Comparative performance of PPPs and traditional procurement in australia

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-359

  Raisbeck, Peter ^a   Duffield, Colin ^b   Xu, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; PFI; PPPs; Procurement; Time and cost performance

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAPITAL PROJECTS; COST EFFICIENCY; COST METRICS; COST PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HISTORICAL DATA; PLANNED ACTION; PROCUREMENT METHODS; PROJECT COMPLETION; PROJECT SIZE; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; RELATIVE COMPLEXITY; TIME DIMENSION;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; RISK PERCEPTION;

COSTS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFRASTRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77951663483     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903582731     Document Type: Article

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