Making sense of variety in place leadership: the case of England’s smart cities

Regional Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 249-259

  Nicholds, Alyson ^a   Gibney, John ^b   Mabey, Chris ^a   Hart, Dan ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

knowledge; leadership; place; sense making; smart city; urban and regional development

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SMART CITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84995580495     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1232482     Document Type: Article

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