Title: Stakeholder perception on the challenges in long-term PPP contracts: a focus group study of Indian PPP airports

Authors: Akhil Damodaran; Tarun Dhingra; Prasoom Dwivedi

Addresses: Department of General Management, School of Business, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Kandoli Campus, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India ' Department of General Management, School of Business, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Kandoli Campus, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India ' Department of Economics and International Business, School of Business, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Kandoli Campus, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract: Public-private partnership in airports is not a new phenomenon. With the development of five major airports and new upcoming airports in India, PPP has become a tool for project implementation in airports. Public perception, as well as stakeholders' perception regarding the PPP execution, is highly positive. However, it is observed that the conflict between the airport operator and regulator increases as the contract starts to take shape. Long-term contracts are always incomplete and this creates conflict between the government and private operators in terms of each other's incentives. With these questions in mind, the paper offers an assessment of the perception of stakeholders of the airport sector through eight focus groups discussions about the challenges in the contract design of PPP. The analysis resulted in four themes of relevance. The broad themes are viability of the project, bidding process, risk allocation, and price regulation.

Keywords: regulation; contract management; stakeholders; public-private partnership; PPP; till regulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2023.133498

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2023 Vol.30 No.4, pp.532 - 546

Received: 28 Apr 2020
Accepted: 10 Sep 2020
Published online: 18 Sep 2023 *

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