The coordination of inter-organisational networks is key to their success and yet partnership management in the context of regional economic development remains a complex and ambiguous process. To address this lack of understanding this article reviews the extant literature on brokerage and network coordination to present a theoretical framework comprising three propositions of the benefits of a private sector influence over the management and coordination of multi- organisational economic development partnerships. The propositions are then explored through a qualitative study of those tasked with the role of leading the management of Local Enterprise Partnerships in England. The findings conversely reveal a reliance on the public sector to...
AbstractThe analysis of social networks in management and organizations has become mainstream. Resea...
- Abstract-Based on the increasing importance of networking and use of participatory approaches in t...
The introduction of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in the English regions in 1999 presented a ...
The coordination of inter-organisational networks is key to their success and yet partnership manage...
This article explores vertical and horizontal dimensions of the work of public, private and civic le...
This paper seeks to learn lessons about the role of the private sector in subnational governance by ...
A key feature of British enterprise development policies is the launch in 1992 of a network of busin...
In the pursuit of economic growth, England has historically retained a level of centralized control ...
This paper assesses the nature and practice of local partnership working in England and Scotland. Wi...
How spatial economies are governed across the different places of England recently (re)commenced a p...
This research concerns the development of coordination and co-governance within three different rege...
Place leadership is at a critical juncture. Since the 1990s it has been taken-for-granted that for p...
A number of partnership arrangements involving public and private sector and community representatio...
Multi-agency collaboration is often advocated as a means of tackling cross-cutting areas of public s...
There is a widespread consensus that collaborative arrangements do not replace but instead add one o...
AbstractThe analysis of social networks in management and organizations has become mainstream. Resea...
- Abstract-Based on the increasing importance of networking and use of participatory approaches in t...
The introduction of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in the English regions in 1999 presented a ...
The coordination of inter-organisational networks is key to their success and yet partnership manage...
This article explores vertical and horizontal dimensions of the work of public, private and civic le...
This paper seeks to learn lessons about the role of the private sector in subnational governance by ...
A key feature of British enterprise development policies is the launch in 1992 of a network of busin...
In the pursuit of economic growth, England has historically retained a level of centralized control ...
This paper assesses the nature and practice of local partnership working in England and Scotland. Wi...
How spatial economies are governed across the different places of England recently (re)commenced a p...
This research concerns the development of coordination and co-governance within three different rege...
Place leadership is at a critical juncture. Since the 1990s it has been taken-for-granted that for p...
A number of partnership arrangements involving public and private sector and community representatio...
Multi-agency collaboration is often advocated as a means of tackling cross-cutting areas of public s...
There is a widespread consensus that collaborative arrangements do not replace but instead add one o...
AbstractThe analysis of social networks in management and organizations has become mainstream. Resea...
- Abstract-Based on the increasing importance of networking and use of participatory approaches in t...
The introduction of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in the English regions in 1999 presented a ...