Public-Private Partnership (P3) Success: Critical Success Factors for Local Government Services and Infrastructure Delivery

Antonio M. Lopez, Florida International UniversityFollow
George M. Marakas, Florida International UniversityFollow

Abstract

The Public-Private Partnership (P3) approach is a viable option to address the slow growth and burgeoning need to deliver infrastructure projects and services by state and local governments. This study focuses on identifying critical success factors (CSF) that influence the success of P3s for local government service and infrastructure delivery. A framework is presented for integrating relationship and project management CSFs identified from previous literature into P3s. In addition, public agency entrepreneurial orientation is introduced as a potential CSF – a focus that has been absent in previous P3 CSF literature. To empirically assess the influence of these CSFs on P3 success, we surveyed public administrators from municipalities and counties in Florida, asking about their perceptions of these success factors. The results show that the P3 relationship, project management, and public agency entrepreneurial orientation are critical to a project’s success. Moreover, government stakeholder influence significantly affects these factors. Private sector stakeholder influence also affects project management and public agency entrepreneurial orientation’s effect on P3 success. When applied in a managerial context, these findings can help public agencies to improve their P3 success rates and growth and help to solve the infrastructure and service delivery challenges facing local governments in the US today.

Recommended Citation

Lopez, Antonio M. and Marakas, George M. (2023) "Public-Private Partnership (P3) Success: Critical Success Factors for Local Government Services and Infrastructure Delivery," Engaged Management ReView: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 1.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.28953/2375-8643.1077