Who governs 4.0? Varieties of smart cities

Drapalova, Eliska; Wegrich, Kai

doi:10.1080/14719037.2020.1718191

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“…These findings invite to think more about the varieties of smart city arrangements that might develop in different institutional environments. Building on a public governance approach to smart cities (Meijer, 2018) and political economy theories of business-politics relations (Culpepper, 2010), Drapalova & Wegrich (2020) identify varieties of smart cities along two major dimensions, namely the magnitude of citizen mobilization and the degree of politicization and direct involvement of elected politicians. Through different combinations of these dimensions they identify four varieties of smart city governance: citizen-centred, disjointed, weak business-politics coalition and captured city.…”

Section: Regional Strategies Of Smart City Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This framework relates citizens' mobilization and political leadership as primary factors that can influence the smart city model and the role that companies and other actors play in it. In pointing to the role of citizens' mobilization and political leadership, Drapalova & Wegrich (2020) emphasize the importance of agency in smart city varieties. Drawing on Hall & Soskice (2001), we argue that smart city varieties can be also linked to differences in economic, technological and human environments within which smart-city actors operate.…”

Section: Regional Strategies Of Smart City Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Inspired by different modes of leadership, smart city initiatives aim to improve the capability of city governments to exploit digital innovation for boosting urban sustainability (Mora & Deakin, 2019;Sancino & Hudson, 2020). Their implementation builds on government-led innovation ecosystems in which large collaborative networks composed of heterogeneous actors organize in a quadruple-helix organizational setting (Mora et al 2019b;Nesti & Graziano, 2020;Timeus et al, 2020;Drapalova & Wegrich, 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

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Smart city initiatives are increasingly dominating urban policy scripts worldwide, and their diffusion is centered upon different regional strategies. Adopting the Narrative Policy Framework as methodological basis, this article examines the smart city strategies developed by the Wallonia and Brussels-capital regions during the 2014-2019 period. Moving away from corporate-led deterministic models of smart city development, it shows that there is no onesize-fit-all approach to smart urbanism. Regional governments attribute different meanings to urban innovation and formulate place-based strategies of smart city development in relation to their socio-economic contexts, seeking to advance technological solutions to what they perceive as the most pressing problems of their territories and populaces.

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Section: Regional Strategies Of Smart City Developmentmentioning

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Section: Regional Strategies Of Smart City Developmentmentioning

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One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

Esposito

Clément

Mora

et al. 2021

Cities

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“…Smart cities are an important sustainable urban development discussed in the current management accounting literature (Alsaid, 2021;Alsaid and Mutiganda, 2020;Drapalova and Wegrich, 2020;Argento et al, 2019;Ferry et al, 2019;Eckersley et al, 2018). Despite the theoretical debate about the "smart city" definition, the current literature has provided a comprehensive picture of the basic characteristics, defining smart "economy", "governance", "living" and "people".…”

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Smart city dynamics and multi-level management accounting: unfolding a case of sustainable enterprise resource planning

Alsaid

2021

SAMPJ

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Purpose This study aims to explore the complex, multi-level institutional dynamics of smart city reforms and projects and their potential sustainability pressures on the implementation of a management accounting system in an Egyptian state-owned enterprise (SOE), which has a politically sensitive institutional character. Design/methodology/approach This study adds to institutional management accounting research using a multi-level perspective of institutional dynamics in the smart city context. Data were collected from an interpretive case study of an Egyptian SOE that was under socio-political sustainability pressures to implement a smart electricity network project in New Minya city. Findings Smart city projects have formed social and political sustainability pressures, which introduced the enterprise resource planning (ERP) network as a new management accounting system. A new (complex and multi-level) management accounting system was invented to reinvent the sustainable city as an “accounting city” (which appeared rhetorically as a “smart city”). “Smart” being the visibility and measurability of the sustainability performance of the collective body, which calls the city and its connectivity to different institutional levels brought out in a city network project for the ERP-enabled electricity distribution. Research limitations/implications This study examines a single case study from a single smart city and identifies the accounting community’s need for multiple and comparative case studies to further analyse the potential impact of smart city reforms and projects on the sustainable implementation of management accounting systems. Practical implications City policymakers and managers may benefit from the practical findings of this interpretive field-based case study in planning, implementing and monitoring smart city projects and objectives. Social implications Individual and collective well-being may be enhanced through new management accounting forms of multi-level local governance and increased political, field and organisational sustainability. Originality/value This study provides important insights into the sustainability dynamics of management accounting in achieving smart city reforms. The achievement of sustainability management accounting systems has connected to multiple ERP roles at different institutional levels, which resulted in accommodating the socio-political objectives of smart city projects.

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“…It is essential that the incorporation of intelligent systems is efficient from a technical, safety, and economic point of view. Sensor devices, the Internet of Everything, together with reliable and safe electrical installations and comfortable human environments will Smart, sustainable, and efficient cities must be designed with sensor systems and IoT applications; the so-called "sensory city" is an integrative model that will enhance people's lives, management processes, and, with energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and people's health as the three main pillars [44][45][46][47][48][49]. Advances in the implementation of urban IoT applications and their effectiveness in human environments is unstoppable, so we can indicate some of the most used today.…”

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Application of IoT in Healthcare: Keys to Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Verdejo-Espinosa

Ruiz

Mata

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We live in complex times in the health, social, political, and energy spheres, and we must be aware of and implement new trends in intelligent social health systems powered by the Internet of Things (IoT). Sustainable development, energy efficiency, and public health are interrelated parameters that can transform a system or an environment for the benefit of people and the planet. The integration of sensors and smart devices should promote energy efficiency and ensure that sustainable development goals are met. This work is carried out according to a mixed approach, with a literature review and an analysis of the impact of the Sustainable Development Goals on the applications of the Internet of Things and smart systems. In the analysis of results, the following questions are answered about these systems and applications: a) Are IoT applications key to the improvement of people’s health and the environment? b) Are there research and case studies implemented in cities or territories that demonstrate the effectiveness of IoT applications and their benefits to public health? c) What sustainable development indicators and objectives can be assessed in the applications and projects analyzed?

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Who governs 4.0? Varieties of smart cities

Cited by 33 publications

References 38 publications

One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

Smart city dynamics and multi-level management accounting: unfolding a case of sustainable enterprise resource planning

Application of IoT in Healthcare: Keys to Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

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