Risk management practice in China's Public-Private Partnership projects

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 675-684

  Ke, Yongjian ^a,b   Wang, Shouqing ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; infrastructure; public private partnership (PPP); risk management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; CHINA; DOMINANT FACTOR; EMPIRICAL SURVEYS; INFRASTRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT CULTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PPP PROJECTS; PROJECT RISK; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; RESEARCH STUDIES; RISK ANALYSIS METHODS; RISK EXPOSURE; RISK IDENTIFICATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PUBLIC RISKS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84867458957     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2012.723380     Document Type: Review

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