This article debates the innovative role in the private sector defined for GLEB by the London Industrial Strategy. It suggests that there are substantial problems at both the theoretical level and the level of implementation with the concept of municipal enterprise boards. It concludes that there is a need for further discussion on the objectives of municipal enterprise boards and more assessment of their role in relation to other possible economic initiatives at the local level.
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