Look before you LEP

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-22

  Pugalis, Lee ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business engagement; Economic policy; Leadership; Local enterprise partnerships; Public private partnerships; Regeneration; Regional development; Sub national governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858825409     PISSN: 17529638     EISSN: 17529646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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