Authors : Ali Shariati Mazinani and Mousa Ahmadi
Abstract: Public-private partnership provides a field for public services and infrastructure using the capacity of the private sector. The country’s food industry as part of infrastructure sectors for economic development in Iran requires the use of public-private partnership. The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of members Chamber of Commerce Tehran than public-private partnership in the country’s food industry. The population of this study included members of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce (N = 3000). To determine the sample size the Kerejci and Morgan table using simple random sampling method 345 samples selected. Data collection performed using a questionnaire. The questionnaire validity by experts and reliability by the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient confirmed. The results of the study indicate that attitudes of respondents towards public-private partnership are relatively positive. In addition, the results of the coefficient of variation for barriers of public-private partnership showed that more subjects have not enough awareness of the public-private partnership and did not have enough confidence to government. The results of the coefficient of variation of the advantages use of public-private partnership suggests that main advantage public-private partnership is to solve the problem of shortage of funds.
Ali Shariati Mazinani and Mousa Ahmadi, 2016. The Attitudes of Members Chamber of Commerce Tehran than Public-Private Partnership in Country’s Food Industry. International Business Management, 10: 917-922.