Including papers from the ISBE conference
Theme issue: Entrepreneurship and the role of policy
Guest editor: Nick Williams
Guest editorial
Promoting private sector development in China:
the challenge of building institutional capacity
at the local level 5 – 23
Andrew Atherton, David Smallbone
An evaluation of public spending: the effectiveness of a government-supported networking program in Flanders 24 – 38
Philippe Van Cauwenberge, Heidi Vander Bauwhede, Bilitis Schoonjans
Is public procurement a successful small business support policy? A review of the evidence 39 – 55
Kim Loader
Editors’ choice
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Effective strategy implementation: why partnership interconnectivity matters 82 – 101
Nancy Holman
Understanding the causes of informal and formal discretion in the delivery of enterprise policies: a multiple case study 102 – 118
Arturo Vega, Mike Chiasson, David Brown
Environmental management systems and the third sector: exploring weak adoption in the UK 119 – 133
Rebecca Edwards, Graham Smith, Milena Büchs
Mainstreaming climate policy: the case of climate adaptation and the implementation of EU water policy 134 – 153
Stijn Brouwer, Tim Rayner, Dave Huitema
Getting access to water: property rights or public policy strategies? 154 – 167
David Aubin, Frédéric Varone
What is wrong with virtual water trading?
On the limitations of the virtual water concept 168 – 181
Erik Gawel, Kristina Bernsen
Reviews
Adapting institutions: governance, complexity and socio-ecological resilience 182
Castán Broto on Boyd, Folke (Eds): Adapting institutions: governance, complexity and socio-ecological resilience
Enterprise, deprivation and social exclusion: the role of small business in addressing social and economic inequalities 183
Ekanem on Southern (Ed.): Enterprise, deprivation and social exclusion: the role of small business in addressing social and economic inequalities
Rural Wales in the twenty-first century: society, economy and environment 185
Jones on Millbourne (Ed.): Rural Wales in the twenty-first century: society, economy and environment
Recycling reconsidered: the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States 186
Stewart on MacBride: Recycling reconsidered: the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States
The SAGE handbook of housing studies 187
Muir on Clapham, Clark, Gibb (Eds): The SAGE handbook of housing studies
Referees 189 – 190
Open Access
Winners of the Bennett Prize 191 – 192
Open Access
Editors' choice
Global environmental governance and North–South dynamics: the case of the CITES 222 – 239
Rosaleen Duffy
What kind of leadership do we need for climate adaptation? A framework for analyzing leadership objectives, functions, and tasks in climate change adaptation 240 – 256
Sander Meijerink, Sabina Stiller
Governance over land development during rapid urbanization under institutional uncertainty, with reference to periurbanization in Guangzhou metropolitan region, China 257 – 275
Jieming Zhu
Analysing urban governance networks: bringing regime theory back in 276 – 291
Ismael Blanco
The hurdles of local governments with PPP contracts in the waste sector 292 – 307
Nuno Ferreira da Cruz, Pedro Simões, Rui Cunha Marques
Living multiculture: understanding the new spatial and social relations of ethnicity and multiculture in England 308 – 323
Sarah Neal, Katy Bennett, Allan Cochrane, Giles Mohan
‘Communities with oomph’? Exploring the potential for stronger social ties to revitalise disadvantaged neighbourhoods 324 – 339
Richard Crisp
Fighting the pipe: neoliberal governance and barriers to effective community participation in energy infrastructure planning 340 – 356
Christopher Groves, Max Munday, Natalia Yakovleva
Inclusive development? A state-led land development model in New Town, Kolkata 357 – 376
Urmi Sengupta
Environmental policy in the EU: actors, institutions and processes 377
Bailey on Jordan, Adelle (Eds): Environmental policy in the EU: actors, institutions and processes
Integrating climate, energy and air pollution policies 378
Dupoint on Bryner, Duffy: Integrating climate, energy and air pollution policies
Food 379
Bear on Clapp: Food
