Smart city intellectual capital: an emerging view of territorial systems innovation management

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 860-887

  Dameri, Renata P ^a   Ricciardi, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital city; Intellectual capital; Knowledge city; Project portfolio management; Project based organization; Smart city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942867083     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 17587468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JIC-02-2015-0018     Document Type: Article

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