Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze involvement of external agencies for supplementing competencies in Indian urban public private partnership (PPP) projects. There are two key aspects which need investigation before making a decision to involve external agencies in urban PPP...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the Special Issue on public private partnerships in transport: theory and practice, to justify its need, to highlight key issues and propose future research in response to current and future challenges....

Purpose – The weak competencies in urban local bodies (ULBs) for implementing public private partnership (PPP) projects are recognized as a major hurdle in uptake of the PPP model in India. Competency‐based management provides a systematic solution for addressing the competency gap in ULBs,...