Big data and smart cities: a public sector organizational learning perspective

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 601-625

  Okwechime, Ekene ^a   Duncan, Peter ^a   Edgar, David ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big data; Organizational learning; Public sector; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020632418     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-017-0344-0     Document Type: Article

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