Enterprising Places

Leadership and Governance Networks

Colette Henry|John Shutt

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09 July 2014

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Mobilising an enterprise surge in specific places has become the leitmotif of contemporary spatial interventions and state-sponsored strategies. Global economic shocks, rising demands for welfare services and public sector austerity measures are signifiers of the complex processes that have heightened public policy imperatives associated with 'enabling enterprise'. Consequently, the search for entrepreneurial synergies has intensified the need for devising mechanisms for delivering broader social, cultural, environmental, economic and political objectives. However, developing collaborative leadership necessary to mobilise diverse networks of actors that can implement strategies sensitive to the plurality of place is not a straightforward task: negotiating the generation of entrepreneurial synergies in places calls for alternative conceptual tools, and complementary policies. Using theoretical explanations and empirical analysis, the chapters critically examine the entrepreneurial turn of public policy and urban studies.

Introduction: Enterprising Places. List of Contributors. Enterprising places: Leadership and Governance Networks. Preface. Regions as Enterprising Places: Governance, Policy and Development. Enterprising Places as Historical Synergies: An Institutional Account of Coventry Through the Middle Ages. Leading Success? Establishing Leadership and Governance in a ‘Successful’ Economy. Co-operation Mechanisms in the Portuguese SMEs’ Production and Outsourcing Activities. The Role of Rural Food Business Networks in Sustainable Rural Development. State Strategies and Entrepreneurial Governance. Leadership, Governance and Knowledge in an Enterprising Place: The Case of Brainport Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Enterprise, Leadership and Partnership in Leeds. Informal Settlements: The Prevalence of and Barriers to Entrepreneurial Synergies in Slum Communities. Enterprise, Wealth Creation and Place: A Case Study of the Liverpool City-Region. Conclusions: Future Prospects, Policy Issues and Research Frontiers. About the Series Editors. About the volume Editors. Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research. Enterprising places: Leadership and Governance Networks. Copyright page. Introduction: Enterprising Places. List of Contributors. Enterprising places: Leadership and Governance Networks. Preface. Regions as Enterprising Places: Governance, Policy and Development. Enterprising Places as Historical Synergies: An Institutional Account of Coventry Through the Middle Ages. Leading Success? Establishing Leadership and Governance in a ‘Successful’ Economy. Co-operation Mechanisms in the Portuguese SMEs’ Production and Outsourcing Activities. The Role of Rural Food Business Networks in Sustainable Rural Development. State Strategies and Entrepreneurial Governance. Leadership, Governance and Knowledge in an Enterprising Place: The Case of Brainport Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Enterprise, Leadership and Partnership in Leeds. Informal Settlements: The Prevalence of and Barriers to Entrepreneurial Synergies in Slum Communities. Enterprise, Wealth Creation and Place: A Case Study of the Liverpool City-Region. Conclusions: Future Prospects, Policy Issues and Research Frontiers. About the Series Editors. About the volume Editors. Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research. Enterprising places: Leadership and Governance Networks. Copyright page.