DEMOCRACY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY: DEMOCRACY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY:

GOVERNANCE OF A THREE PARTY GOVERNANCE OF A THREE PARTY

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPPUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

KRISTIANSTADUNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Sven-Olof Collin & Elin SmithSven-Olof Collin & Elin Smith

Traditional form for youth riding in Sweden

MUNICIPALITY

PUBLIC ASSOCIATION

Emerging form for youth riding in Sweden

MUNICIPALITY

PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONPRIVATE ENTREPRENEUR

PPP with three partners

Recipe for success?

• A network of joint action

• No goal congruence

• Ideological similarities

Method

Inductive analysis of three MAPs

The city riding school The town riding school

The country riding school

All including a private riding school, a non-profit association, and a municipality

Case 1 - the City riding school

Establish

ed close to

the capita

l

Finances a recreation leader

No active governance

Closely managed by the family, innovative

Owns 50 horses, rent the establishment

Well organised, high quality on riding lessons

Good communication with the municipality, but no intense relationship

Planning an enlargement

800 members

Offers funs and different horse-related activities

A place to hang out at

Establish

ed outside a m

iddle-

sized to

wn

Supportive when the association has had financial problems

Approved to and partly financed today’s establishment

Finances a recreation leader

Owns 50 horses

Rent the stables and arenas from the association

A strict contract with the association, she offers the service of riding, nothing else

Founded in 1919, changed location five times

Many discussions with the municipality

Known for arranging larger competitions

Overall governor and has managed to include a set of different private firms on an attractive establishment

Owns the establishments

Case 2 - the Town riding school

Establish

ed on the country

side

outside th

e capita

l of S

weden

A good co-operation between the municipality and the owner of the riding school

Recently financed a riding-track, the municipality financed it – the man build it

400 members

Arranges competitions and other activities for the members. The owner has a lot of insight in their activities

Owned by a devoted family, especially the man

During 30 years rented the establishment including stables and arena, private house, garages from the municipality

Flexible in the offered riding activities

Not only riding school, also a machinery park with repair shop, biggest customer is the municipality

Case 3 - the Country riding school

Analysis

Important factors for the variety of the MAPs:

• The relationship between the three partners

• The entrepreneurial capacity of the riding school manager

• The market conditions

Conclusions

> Private entrepreneur adapt to market conditions

> Municipality have adaptive governance strategy, mainly due to market conditions

> Entrepreneurial capacity influenced by governance strategy and market conditions

> Separating business operation from association to entrepreneur increases democratic fostering

Adaptive strategy

> Formalisation (standardised or dynamic)

> Resource distribution

> Distribution of property rights

Efficient PPPs

MUNICIPALITY

PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONPRIVATE ENTREPRENEUR

Governance strategy

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