Espen Solheim-Kile

• Solheim-Kile, Espen & Wald, Andreas Erich (2020). Public-Private Joint Ventures in the Healthcare Sector: Enlarging the Shadow of the Future through Social and Economic Incentives. International Journal of Public Sector Management. ISSN 0951-3558. 33(6/7), p. 647–662. doi: 10.1108/IJPSM-12-2019-0318.
• Solheim-Kile, Espen & Wald, Andreas Erich (2019). Extending the transactional view on Public-Private Partnership projects: The role of relational and motivational aspects in goal-alignment. Journal of construction engineering and management. ISSN 0733-9364. 145(5). doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001643.
• Solheim-Kile, Espen; Lædre, Ola & Lohne, Jardar (2019). Public-private partnerships: Agency costs in the privatization of social infrastructure financing. Project Management Journal. ISSN 8756-9728. 50(2), p. 144–160. doi: 10.1177/8756972818824908. Show summary

  Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been subjected to considerable public debate. In particular, this debate has concerned PPP financing and its implications. Using insights from agency theory, this study aims to develop a theoretical understanding of PPP financing. The following research question is investigated: How does the privatization of financing decrease or increase agency costs in social infrastructure PPPs? A comparative case study consisting of four Norwegian PPP projects with different financial configurations is undertaken. The findings suggest that the private sector is risk averse, increasing the cost of capital. In addition, private financing does not seem to have the intended incentive effect.

• Vassbø, Siril; Thomassen, Kristine; Solheim-Kile, Espen & Lohne, Jardar (2016). Why Bid for Public-Private Partnerships? - a Norwegian Case Study. In Varajão, Joao; Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela; Martinho, Ricardo; Rijo, Rui; Bjørn-Andersen, Niels; Turner, Rodney & Alves, Domingos (Ed.), Book of industry papers, poster papers and abstracts of the CENTRIS 2016 - International Conference on Entreprise Information Systems / ProjMAN 2016 - International Conference on Project MANagement / HCist 2016 - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies. SciKA. ISSN 978-989-97433-7-3.
• Berget, Kristine Thomassen; Vassbø, Siril; Solheim-Kile, Espen & Lohne, Jardar (2016). Public-private partnership: transaction costs of tendering. Procedia Computer Science. ISSN 1877-0509. 100, p. 818–825. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2016.09.230. Show summary

  What are the transaction costs of participating in a public-private partnership (PPP) tender? Prior research indicate that there is a significant amount of resources required. However, few researchers seem to measure transaction costs directly. The purpose of this paper is therefore to fill this knowledge gap by presenting estimated transaction costs from both public and private actors. The underlying approach for this research was a case study of a new primary school in Norway. This case was chosen because of the expedient access to detailed information of the tendering process. The main source of data was documents and estimated figures obtained from public and private actors involved. Additionally, focused interviews were used to clarify any ambiguities. We find that there are significant costs involved that can be explained by the nature of the PPP tendering process. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the costs associated with a PPP tender process, providing an opportunity for public actors to establish a more attractive arena for private actors to participate, together with a better-informed decision making from private actors.

• Solheim-Kile, Espen; Lædre, Ola; Lohne, Jardar & Meland, Øystein Husefest (2014). Characteristics of Public-Private Partnerships in Norway. In Kalsaas, Bo Terje; Koskela, Lauri & Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu (Ed.), Understanding and improving project based production - Volume 1. Akademika forlag. ISSN 978-82-321-0459-8. p. 233–244.

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• Solheim-Kile, Espen (2016). Public-Private Partnerships.
• Solheim-Kile, Espen (2016). Agency costs in the privatization of social infrastructure financing.
• Solheim-Kile, Espen (2014). Characteristics of Public-Private Partnerships in Norway.

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