The Knowledge Economy as a Key Determining Factor to Improve Smart Cities

Daniel Amo (), Maria-Luisa Medrano () and Diana Pérez-Bustamante ()
Additional contact information
Daniel Amo: Insitituto Nacional de Estadística de España
Maria-Luisa Medrano: Rey Juan Carlos University
Diana Pérez-Bustamante: Rey Juan Carlos University

Chapter Chapter 9 in Sustainable Smart Cities, 2017, pp 115-128 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyses the components of the Knowledge Economy as key determining factors to improve smart cities. By analysing the citizens’ perception, we find eight factors that determine the Knowledge Economy: Internationalisation Skills, Education, Global Competitiveness, Business Intelligence, Professional Excellence, Logistics, Potential of the city, Entrepreneurship, and their effect on the Dimensions of the smart city. The methodology of this chapter is based on the citizens’ perception, estimating the importance of these factors by sampling 500 randomly selected citizens for the empirical study of the hierarchical model. We conclude that if the consensus of the citizens is to empower the aforementioned factors of the Knowledge Economy, this provides local leaders and managers with valuable information to develop strategies that will improve smart cities.

Keywords: Human Capital; Knowledge Economy; Intangible Asset; Smart City; Business Intelligence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:innchp:978-3-319-40895-8_9

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783319408958

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40895-8_9

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().