Do Not Forget About Smart Towns

Sabiölla Hosseini, Leonhard Frank, Gilbert Fridgen and Sebastian Heger ()
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Sabiölla Hosseini: University of Augsburg
Leonhard Frank: FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg
Gilbert Fridgen: University of Bayreuth
Sebastian Heger: FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg

Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, 2018, vol. 60, issue 3, No 5, 243-257

Abstract: Abstract To date, research on smart cities has primarily focused on urban congested areas. As this paper points out, it is becoming ever more important to look at intermediate and thinly populated regions like towns and rural areas as arenas for digital innovation. By following a multi-phase research process, the authors examine towns’ highly individual needs in an exploratory way, derive key aspects from recent literature that can serve to mitigate or solve their problems, and present an open innovation process by way of integrating local context factors, local stakeholders, and suitable information and communication technology solutions. The objective is to develop a first digital innovation approach in a field that has so far been scarcely considered. The authors conduct a case study, which demonstrates the applicability and effectiveness of their innovation approach in a small town in southern Germany and derive first important lessons learned. Thereby, the concept of an innovation ecosystem reveals a promising solution to face the challenges of the investigated town.

Keywords: Digitalization; Open innovation; Open innovation framework; Innovation ecosystem; Rural areas; Smart city; Smart town (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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