Knowledge Management: Public Private Participation (PPPs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: “a Case study in water sector”

摘要

Once the establishment of PPPs in Saudi Arabia is expected to present a wealth of investment opportunities for national and international companies engaged in this sector, many new private companies have been established to improve the mutual collaboration between the public and private sectors in Saudi Arabia. This paper introduced long missions and activities for a new private information technology company, namely called “DACENTEC Saudi Arabia”, to provide networking opportunities for international private companies and Saudi companies. Moreover, for strengthening the primary role of knowledge communication and knowledge transfer between organizations general overview of PPPs in water sector in Saudi Arabia was presented supported with a technical report about the status of current PPPs projects based on practice PPPs data delivered from the database center of Saudi Crown Investment Company. The data highlights the contractual arrangements used to attract private investment, the sources and destination of investment flows, and information on the main investors. SWOT analysis was also shown.