Qualitative indicators for smart city business models: The case of mobile services and applications

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 218-240

  Walravens, Nils ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b IMinds   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business models; Mobile services; Public governance; Public value; Smart city

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS MODELS; MOBILE SERVICE; PUBLIC GOVERNANCE; PUBLIC VALUES; SMART CITIES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84939940726     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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