Smart communities inside local governments: a pie in the sky?

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 2-14

  Michelucci, Fania Valeria ^a   De Marco, Alberto ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Public sector innovation; Public sector management; Smart city; Smart communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008173127     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPSM-03-2016-0059     Document Type: Article

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