Leadership and institutions in regional endogenous development The authors of this comprehensive book provide a detailed rationale and original theory for the study of leadership and institutional factors including entrepreneurship in the growth and development of cities and regions. They demonstrate why leadership institutions and entrepreneurship can and indeed do play a crucial enhancing role as key elements in the process of regional endogenous growth pt. I. Developing a new conceptual model framework for endogenous regional economic growth and development : incorporating resource endowments and market fit leadership institutional factors and entrepreneurship pt. II. Examples of regional development initiatives involving leadership and institutional factors : case studies from North America Europe and the Pacific Rim