Evolution in Transaction Costs and Ownership Structure of Public-Private Partnerships: Shonga Farms in Nigeria

Mickiewicz, Tomasz Marek; Olarewaju, Tolu Ifedapo Adebayo

Abstract

We discuss how transaction costs were alleviated and institutional voids bridged in the biggest and most successful foreign involvement in Nigerian agriculture: Shonga Farms. The longitudinal case study of this public-private partnership enables us to draw general lessons for long term developmental investment projects in emerging market economies. We argue that building conditions of trust based on long-term commitment, appropriate modes of financial contracts, and transitioning of controlling interests from the central to the regional government, and then to private actors, may be distinguishing features of successful projects. We contrast our case study with other schemes that failed.

Citation

Mickiewicz, T. M., & Olarewaju, T. I. A. (2018). Evolution in Transaction Costs and Ownership Structure of Public-Private Partnerships: Shonga Farms in Nigeria. . https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.11006abstract

• Conference Name: Academy of Management 2018 Annual Meeting
• Conference Location: Chicago, IL, USA
• Start Date: Aug 10, 2018
• End Date: Aug 14, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jul 9, 2018
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 14, 2024
• Publisher: Academy of Management
• Volume: 2018
• Pages: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.11006abstract
• Publisher URL: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.11006abstract