The dynamics of sub-national leadership and rapport in transnational partnership working
基于对英国伯明翰和德国莱比锡这对姐妹城市三十年的跨国合作研究，通过访谈地方领导人，分析了影响跨国伙伴合作的促进因素和障碍，强调了领导人之间融洽关系的重要性。
This paper discusses experiences of sub-national (place) leadership in transnational partnership working. It explores transnational collaboration between two twinned cities: Birmingham (UK) and Leipzig (Germany). Using semi-structured interviews with sub-national leaders, we examine enabling factors and barriers facing transnational partnership working over three decades in the context of changing national and regional partnership environments. The paper surfaces the significance of rapport in relational working between leaders and recognises the need to situate associated discussions within an understanding of the dynamics of structure and agency.