International Practices of Smart Development
Published on 8. March 2016
Book
Hardback
273 pages
978-3-631-66964-8 (ISBN)
Description
Smart people make a smart city. This volume presents a collection of papers on the concept of smartness, smart development and the international practices in the field. There are five key topic areas: the conceptual, smart economy, smart specialisation, smart city and public governance. The concept of a smart social system is grounded on comparative analysis of competing concepts such as intelligence, knowledge driven, digital, learning, networked, innovative, agile and sustainable.
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Persons
Robertas Jucevicius is Professor of Strategic Management at Kaunas University of Technology in Kaunas, Lithuania. He is also member of the Council for National Progress of Lithuania.
Jurgita Bruneckiene is Associate Professor at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.
Gerd-Bodo von Carlsburg is Professor at the Heidelberg University of Education.
Content
Contents: Robertas Jucevicius/Jurgita Bruneckiene/Gerd-Bodo von Carlsburg: Introduction - Giedrius Jucevicius/Shlomo Maital: National Strategies of Smart Development: Turning Constraints into Growth Opportunities - Robertas Jucevicius/Palmira Juceviciene: Smart Social System - Jaime del Castillo/Jonatan Paton/Belen Barroeta: Clusters and Territorial Development: The Great Basque Transformation Towards Smart Specialisation - Jurgita Bruneckiene/Julia Lopez Ventura: Building Smart Economy: Barcelona Case - Pekka Lindroos: Evolution and Concurrent Thinking on Industrial Strategy: Case of Finland - Inmaculada Perianez Forte/Manuel Palazuelos Martinez/Dimitris Kyriakou: Strengthening Decision-Making Capacity Through Stakeholder's Engagement in Smart Specialisation - Jaime del Castillo/Jonatan Paton/Belen Barroeta: A Governance Model for Smart Specialisation - Thomas A. Bryer/Pamela Medina: Smart Virtual City: Applying Smart Design to a City's Online Structure and Identity - Billy Fields: Evaluating the Challenge of Conceptualising the Smart City in Urban Planning: Greenway Planning in Texas - Palmira Juceviciene/Justina Suchankaite: Smart Decisions as a Critical Indicator of a Smart City: The Case of Druskininkai Town - Michiel S de Vries/Iwona Sobis: From Evidence-Based Policies to Evidence-Based Public Sector Reforms - Paul Joyce: Case Studies in Public Governance, Strategic Management and Economic Performance - Rita Juceviciene/Giedrius Jucevicius: Emergence of Trust in Inter-Organisational Relations: Overcoming Dilemmas in Trust Development.