Long-term concession contracts associated with Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects, such as National Health Service (NHS) hospitals, are subject to substantial risks, which may not only emerge from project activities such as design and construction, but also from global issues beyond the...

Die Privatisierung öffentlicher Dienstleistungen befindet sich seit Anfang der 70er Jahre des vergangenen Jahrhunderts in der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion und war schon Thema diverser theoretischer Abhandlungen. Innerhalb dieser - angesichts leerer Staatskassen - heute nicht minder aktuellen...

In many countries, public agencies or private firms are gradually moving away from being exclusive providers of goods and services that traditionally were assigned to the state or markets, respectively. Instead, state agencies, both at the national and the local level, and private organizations,...