Hanna Kociemska is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Finance of the Wrocław University of Economics in Poland. Her research focuses on public-private partnerships, financing of entities in the public finance sector and the management of investment projects, particularly in health care. She has received numerous national and international awards, including the Minister of Science and Higher Education’s Award for her doctoral thesis as well as international postdoctoral fellowships at universities in the USA, Republic of South Africa, and Scotland. Most of her scientific publications address public-private partnerships, local development financing, risk in conventional finance theory and Islamic finance, as well as intellectual capital valuation in public finance sector entities.

• Introduction.- Development of Public-private Partnerships (PPPs) in Diversified Economic Areas.- Public-private Partnership in the Light of Risk and Public Finance Theories.- Heterodox Approach to Public-private Partnership (PPP).- Determinants of the Attractiveness of a Public-private Partnership in a Heterodox Perspective.- Example of Investments in the Formula of Public-private Partnership Using the Heterodox Perspective.- Conclusion: Heterodox Approach to Public-private Partnership.- References.