Full Description
This book examines smart cities through the lens of the information and communication technology (ICT)-driven transformation of the economy and economic systems and the resulting changes influencing organizations (public, private, and voluntary) and citizens in the smart city. In this context, the chapters included in this book address very specific questions pertaining to modes and models of economic collaboration, interest aggregation, and determinants of sustainable growth and development in the smart city. To this end, the circular economy, the sharing economy, the platform economy, and open innovation in the smart city are discussed. The notions of economic performance, competition, and business model innovation (BMI) are elaborated in detail. Finally, the question of the fragility of labor markets, including the availability of talent, is explored. By applying conceptually sound, inter- and multi-disciplinary approaches, frequently including case studies, this book provides a thorough insight into the complex question of how tools specific to the fields of economics, business management, innovation management, strategic management, entrepreneurship, and human resource management can be useful in view of understanding and harnessing the intrusion of ICT in the city space.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
About the contributors
Chapter 1
Beyond tautology: The role of ICT in the development of markets, business, and the society in the smart city
Anna Visvizi, Orlando Troisi, Roman Wosiek, and Mara Grimaldi
Part I: The role of ICT in the development of markets, business, and the society in the smart city
Chapter 2
Conceptualizing and exploring the business-smart city nexus: A case-study based insight (Poland)
Anna Visvizi, Roman Wosiek, Gianluca Maria Guazzo, and Katarzyna Żukrowska
Chapter 3
Conceptualizing business sector's involvement in the smart city: Towards a typology of engagement modes
Sabina Baraniewicz-Kotasińska, Anna Visvizi, and Gianluca Maria Guazzo
Chapter 4
From smart-cities to smart-communities: The social innovation perspective. What role for the business sector?
Valentina Cucino and Giulio Ferrigno
Part II: The smart city as services' ecosystem
Chapter 5
Smart city in practice: Citizen-centric creation of urban development strategies: The case of Poland.
Piotr Maleszyk and Mariusz Sagan
Chapter 6
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered public service delivery in smart cities: The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries
Charalampos Alexopoulos, Stuti Saxena, Ricardo Matheus, and Nina Rizun
Chapter 7
Involving consumers and households in smart waste recycling
Anne-Mari Järvenpää, Jari Jussila, Leena Kunttu, and Iivari Kunttu
Chapter 8
Smart city and the circular economy: The case of selected cities in the European Union
Agnieszka Komor
Chapter 9
Reinterpreting I4.0 cluster as a service ecosystem: A piece and parcel of the smart city: The case of the Hamburg Aviation Cluster (HAv)
Marta Götz and Mara Grimaldi
Chapter 10
Smart tourism for smart city: An exploratory analysis of tourism digital start-ups: The case of Italy
Silvia Baiocco, Antonella Monda, Paola M. A. Paniccia, and Antonio Botti
Part III: Creating smart cities: Benchmarks and the best practice
Chapter 11
Smart city requires smart human resources management: Generating value for the city and the community through sustainable behaviors
Nicola Capolupo, Emilia Romeo, and Valerio Giampaola
Chapter 12
Smart cities meet indigenous communities: The case of the Amazon
Aldrin Espín-León, Myrian Peñaherrera-Ortega, and Erick Espín-García
Chapter 13
Business sector and the smart city in the artificial intelligence (AI) era: Ethics, privacy, and cybersecurity
Svetlana A. Balashova and Marina S. Reshetnikova
