Critical success factors for public-private partnerships in e-government : the case of ecuador

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Public–private partnerships have been widely adopted in developed countries, whereby researchers around the world have also increased their interest in this issue. Multiple investigations have explored the critical success factors of public-private partnerships; however, most of them have focused on infrastructure projects, whereas there is still a lack of studies that explore public–private partnerships in e-Government. Previous research found that the critical success factors of public–private partnership projects in construction industry appear to be: effective procurement, favorable economic conditions, project implementability, available financial market, and government guarantee. This research examines whether these critical success factors can be generalized to the field of e-Government. Data for this study were gathered through an empirical questionnaire survey conducted to 312 managers (decision-makers) in both public and private organizations in Ecuador. To analyze the data, this study included exploratory factors analysis and confirmatory factor analysis by IBM SPSS v20 and AMOS v21. Findings showed that the critical factors obtained in previous research are partially generalizable in the field of e-Government due to the analysis yielded different groupings; whence, this study suggests that win-win principle, effective procurement, government support; social and technical feasibility and favorable economic conditions are the critical success factors in the adoption of public-private partnerships in e-Government. These findings may contribute to a better understanding of public-private partnerships in the field of e-Government, with particular attention to developing countries, which can obtain from this study, relevant information to improve their public-policy-making-process and public services-delivery.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. INTRODUCTION 1
• 1. Background of the Study 1
• 2. Problem Statement 6
• 3. Purpose of the Study 8
• 4. Research Question 9
• 5. Significance of the Study 10
• 6. Theoretical Perspective 12
• 7. Research Method 13
• 8. Scope and Limitations of the Study 15
• II. LITERATURE REVIEW 17
• 1. An Overview of Public-Private Partnerships 17
• 2. Critical Success Factors for Public Private Partnerships 20
• 3. The Study of Public Private Partnerships in e-Government 29
• 4. Context of the Study 34
• 5. Gap in the Existing Literature 43
• III. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 46
• 1. Theoretical Framework of the Study 46
• IV. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 63
• 1. Research Setting 63
• 2. Population 64
• 3. Research Design 66
• 4. Data Collection Method 71
• V. RESULTS AND DISCUSION 72
• 1. Sample Characteristics 72
• 2. Missing Value Analysis and Ungagged Respondents 74
• 3. Descriptive Statistics 74
• 4. Reliability and Validity Analysis 77
• VI. CONCLUSION 92
• 1. Theoretical Implications 96
• 2. Policy Implications 99
• 3. Limitations and Future Research 103
• 4. Action Plan 105
• References 109