Organizational Challenges for Building Smart Cities

The aim of this research is to identify the organizational and managerial challenges faced by smart cities and hence determine research opportunities. The current research is exploratory and a documentary method was used, presenting a review of the smart cities literature found in the Internet, Thom...

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Published inSustainable Smart Cities pp. 89 - 99
Main Authors Mendoza Moheno, Jessica, Hernández Calzada, Martín Aubert, Salazar Hernández, Blanca Cecilia
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 01.01.2017
Springer International Publishing
SeriesInnovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
Subjects
Business & the environment, ‘Green’ approaches to business
Organizational Challenge
Organizational Change
Organizational Culture
Research & development management
Smart City
Social Capital
Urban economics
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Summary:The aim of this research is to identify the organizational and managerial challenges faced by smart cities and hence determine research opportunities. The current research is exploratory and a documentary method was used, presenting a review of the smart cities literature found in the Internet, Thomson Reuters web of knowledge, Ebsco, Proquest, and Emerald. Findings show that to build smart cities, it is necessary to determine mechanisms to overcome the following organizational and managerial challenges: flexibility in organizational structures, development of innovative spirit, generation of business opportunities, improvement of productive capacity to provide better products and services, continuous organizational learning, change resistance, and ability to transform and innovate.
ISBN:9783319408941
3319408941
ISSN:2197-5698
2197-5701
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-40895-8_7