Semantic Network Analysis of Literature on Public-Private Partnerships

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dc.contributor.authorCastelblanco, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorGuevara, Jose
dc.contributor.authorMesa, Harrison
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Andres
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:51:12Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:51:12Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) have motivated diverse bibliometric analyses of PPP research. Nevertheless, the evolution and connections between the main topics in the PPP domain have not been explored. To improve the understanding of the PPP research agenda, this study uses Content Analysis (CA) and Semantic Network Analysis (SNA) to expose relationships and trends in PPP research topics over the last two decades. These methodologies helped researchers to move beyond analyzing thematic trends in isolation in order to gain insight into the interrelationships among PPP topics by using qualitative and quantitative tools, which is difficult to achieve with other methodological approaches. The SNA metrics showed that the PPP research agenda evolved into a high-clustered network driven by five macrokeywords: financing and economic aspects, road infrastructure, public sector management, risk management, and contract management. These macrokeywords may enable the growth of the entire PPP research agenda, but they could also jeopardize the emergence of new research trends. Results show that the participation of some traditional PPP infrastructure types, such as power generation, rail, and tunnel, has been reduced, in contrast to more recent types such as healthcare and, especially, airport infrastructure. Similarly, research focus has shifted from examining traditional PPP issues in the US and European Union to analyzing PPP development in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Overall, this study presents a more holistic understanding of the PPP body of knowledge, its evolution, and the interaction of its main topics.
dc.description.funderUniversidad de los Andes under Fondo de Apoyo para Profesores FAPA
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002041
dc.identifier.eissn1943-7862
dc.identifier.issn0733-9364
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002041
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94787
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000656447100011
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaJournal of construction engineering and management
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectPublic-private partnerships
dc.subjectSemantic network analysis
dc.subjectSocial network analysis
dc.subjectContent analysis
dc.subject.ods17 Partnerships for the Goals
dc.subject.ods09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.odspa17 Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
dc.subject.odspa09 Industria, innovación e infraestructura
dc.titleSemantic Network Analysis of Literature on Public-Private Partnerships
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen147
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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