The role of universities in the knowledge management of smart city projects

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 142, Issue , 2019, Pages 312-321

  Ardito, Lorenzo ^a   Ferraris, Alberto ^b,c   Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio ^d   Bresciani, Stefano ^b   Del Giudice, Manlio ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^e LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f Paris School of Business   (France)

Author keywords

Innovation ecosystem; Knowledge management; Knowledge based urban development; Open innovation; Smart city; Universities

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; URBAN GROWTH;

EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASED; KNOWLEDGE INTERMEDIARIES; OPEN INNOVATION; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SMART CITY;

INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT; SMART CITY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85050131032     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.030     Document Type: Article

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