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Title Making sense of variety in place leadership: the case of England's smart cities
ID_Doc 44757
Authors Nicholds, A; Gibney, J; Mabey, C; Hart, D
Title Making sense of variety in place leadership: the case of England's smart cities
Year 2017
Published Regional Studies, 51, 2
DOI 10.1080/00343404.2016.1232482
Abstract Making sense of variety in place leadership: the case of England's smart cities. Regional Studies. There is rising interest in cities becoming smart' knowledge-oriented economies by prioritizing more digitally enabled modes of production and service delivery. Whilst the prevalence of these new organizational forms is well understood, the way that leadership agency is exercised (i.e., the actors involved and their modalities of action) is not. Drawing on new empirical data and sense-making methodology, the paper reveals discursive patterns in how public agencies, private firms and communities see' and do' leadership within these place-based contexts, and concludes that success in exploiting the social and spatial dynamics of smart' development lies in understanding actors' assumptions about commercial and social gain.
Author Keywords smart city; leadership; place; knowledge; urban and regional development; sense-making
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000395130100006
WoS Category Economics; Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning
Research Area Business & Economics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geography; Public Administration
PDF https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/files/11039505/Regional_Studies_27Aug16_Final_Paper_Clean5.pdf
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