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Seeks to examine important characteristics that go hand‐in‐hand with successful public‐private partnerships.

A grounded theory approach is adopted involving interviews and group discussions with executives of the organisations involved. The rationale behind the reduction of the data collected was based on the commonalty of the words, themes and concepts being produced by the respondents through the written and oral research data.

A descriptive model is presented which identifies five key characteristics: good communication, openness, effective planning, ethos and direction. It is argued that all contribute to the success of a joint venture.

Further research might examine other examples of public‐private partnerships since the research reported here comprises only a single case study – the major limitation of this …