Smart City Collaboration: A Review and an Agenda for Establishing Sustainable Collaboration

David E. Mills, Iman Izadgoshasb and Steven G. Pudney
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David E. Mills: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Gold Coast Campus, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta 4225, Australia
Iman Izadgoshasb: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Gold Coast Campus, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta 4225, Australia
Steven G. Pudney: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Gold Coast Campus, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta 4225, Australia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: Collaboration is problematic in the public sector, yet many smart city theorists advocate relationships fully dependent upon collaboration to address the intense complexity encountered by city governments and achieve city objectives of quality of life, efficiency, effectiveness, and economic and environmental sustainability. Skeptical, we inductively drew together the widely dispersed theoretical tenets of smart city collaboration into a framework of collaborative relationships and tested this framework using secondary evidence as to practice in greater Amsterdam. Mostly authentic collaborative relationships were explicated. Theory is extended by clarifying the roles of actors, especially the role of city government as actor and steward of the collaborative ecosystem. Future research should unpack the factors that impact the sustainability of smart city collaborations.

Keywords: Amsterdam; authentic collaboration; local government; smart city; sustainable collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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