Enterprise, Leadership and Partnership in Leeds
Enterprising Places: Leadership and Governance Networks
ISBN: 978-1-78350-642-2, eISBN: 978-1-78350-641-5
Publication date: 1 January 2014
Abstract
Purpose
The chapter aims to explore the themes of enterprise, leadership and partnership through examining aspects of the changing roles of and relationships between public, private and third sectors in the city of Leeds.
Methodology/approach
The chapter draws on the author’s long involvement in the city of Leeds, augmented by recent interviews with a range of different senior actors and set within the context of relevant literature.
Findings
The chapter suggests that despite a history of diverse enterprise, there have been some elements of external forces and internal culture and operational style that have held the city back. Recent national, city region and local reforms may have positive impacts and enable the city to realise more of its potential, though there remain formidable obstacles to progress.
Research limitations/implications
Despite providing rich and meaningful insights that enhance understanding, the single case approach limits the potential for generalising the findings.
Practical implications
Other cities can learn from the experience of Leeds and how the ways of working here relate to findings by academics in other cities.
Originality/value of chapter
The general forces of change in enterprise, governance and leadership can only really be understood in terms of how they play out in specific settings.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank those people with long experience of working in the city of Leeds who contributed their candid thoughts about these themes in meetings during early 2013.
Citation
Unsworth, R. (2014), "Enterprise, Leadership and Partnership in Leeds", Enterprising Places: Leadership and Governance Networks (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 3), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 177-195. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620140000003014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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