Trends in place-based economic strategies: England's fixation with 'fleet-of-foot' partnerships

Local Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 696-717

  Pugalis, Lee ^a   Townsend, Alan R ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic governance; economic strategy; institutional antecedents; local enterprise partnerships; place based development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887515728     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094213504726     Document Type: Article

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