Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme

Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has become a widely used mechanism for delivering public services in the United Kingdom. Despite the extensive use of the PFI scheme and strong support from the private sector companies, it has often been controversial. One of the controversies is based on the claim...

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Main Author: Ismail, Suhaiza
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) 2011
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HJ9701 Public accounting
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spelling iium-20572012-01-03T08:22:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2057/ Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme Ismail, Suhaiza HJ9701 Public accounting Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has become a widely used mechanism for delivering public services in the United Kingdom. Despite the extensive use of the PFI scheme and strong support from the private sector companies, it has often been controversial. One of the controversies is based on the claim that the private sector companies are making excessive profi ts from PFI projects. Hence, this paper aims at evaluating the profitability of several private sector companies which are heavily involved in the PFI projects. The analysis of the performance of private sector companies suggested that no clear evidence of excessive profi ts were made by the companies from their PFI involvement. Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2057/1/ProfitabilityPFI1.1.2011.pdf Ismail, Suhaiza (2011) Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme. Journal of Business Management and Accounting (JBMA), 1 (1). pp. 17-39. ISSN 2231-9298 http://www.cob.uum.edu.my/cobjournals/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=161
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Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme
description Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has become a widely used mechanism for delivering public services in the United Kingdom. Despite the extensive use of the PFI scheme and strong support from the private sector companies, it has often been controversial. One of the controversies is based on the claim that the private sector companies are making excessive profi ts from PFI projects. Hence, this paper aims at evaluating the profitability of several private sector companies which are heavily involved in the PFI projects. The analysis of the performance of private sector companies suggested that no clear evidence of excessive profi ts were made by the companies from their PFI involvement.
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author Ismail, Suhaiza
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title Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme
title_short Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme
title_full Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme
title_fullStr Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme
title_full_unstemmed Profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme
title_sort profitability of major private sector companies involved in the private finance initiative scheme
publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2057/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/2057/1/ProfitabilityPFI1.1.2011.pdf
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