Purpose The chapter proposes that a new public enterprise (NPE) now characterises developments in local policymaking and service delivery. The NPE places the local public sector in a leading role, either in the direct ‘contracting in’ of services previously contracted out to the private...

Public enterprise and local entrepreneurship in Europe and beyond -- Local government partnerships, economic development and enterprise -- Place and place-making -- Public enterprise, innovation and collaboration -- The enterprising local state? -- Towards a model of the new public enterprise --...

Public enterprise and local entrepreneurship in Europe and beyond -- Local government partnerships, economic development and enterprise -- Place and place-making -- Public enterprise, innovation and collaboration -- The enterprising local state? -- Towards a model of the new public enterprise --...