Les BuddLeslie Budd is Reader in Social Enterprise in the Centre for Public Leadership and Social Enterprise (PULSE) at The Open University Business School. He is also a member of the cross-faculty research centre, The Centre for Innovation nowledge and Development (IKD). He has been Chair of the Regional Studies Association (2003–06) and was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2004. He has authored and edited several books, including most recently, eGovernance: Managing or Governing? (co-editor) and e-Economy: Rhetoric or Business Reality? (co-editor). Read More Read Less