Further doubt will be cast over his export goal on Monday as the thinktank IPPR warns the UK lacks the breadth of business sectors needed for an export-led recovery.
The breadth of participating sectors is a significant innovation, but also represents a major challenge in establishing this model of regional environmental governance.
The taxonomy of activities carried out in genomics firms captures the breadth of economic sectors and the mix of products and services enabled by genomic technologies, and categorization of firms gives a rough sense of how many firms engaged in those activities.
This project was driven by the need to assess the impact of primary health care research, despite particular challenges due to the breadth of this complex sector with its diverse topics, settings, research methods and approaches.
I was also struck by the breadth of interest from different sectors of society.
"The new department [BIS] has got to understand the scope, quality and breadth of research done throughout the sector," says Pam Tatlow, chief executive of the Million+ thinktank.
Carruth has a breadth of experience in the public sector and is fiercely ambitious for local government at a time of enormous change, upheaval and pessimism around the sector in Scotland.
Anne Longfield, the children's commissioner for England, publicly backed the appointment in a letter to Morgan: "Amanda has an impressive breadth of experience across the education sector and proven commitment to raising standards for children and young people".
"Ed brings enormous depth and breadth of experience in the public sector and we're confident he will make a valuable contribution to our students, to the centre, and to Harvard more generally".
"The Fund will make investments drawing upon [Softbank Group]'s investment proficiency, operational expertise and breadth of experience in the technology sector," it notes.
