Entrepreneurial urbanism and technological panacea: Why Smart City planning needs to go beyond corporate visioning?

Kummitha, Rama (2018) Entrepreneurial urbanism and technological panacea: Why Smart City planning needs to go beyond corporate visioning? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 137. pp. 330-339. ISSN 0040-1625

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Abstract

As the creation of smart cities continues to grow exponentially across the globe, the entrepreneurial-driven push for technology raises a number of fundamental questions about the potential roles of various players in reaching the desired aim of city-level efficiency. By briefly contextualizing the entrepreneurial smart city endeavor, I discuss four major concerns that entrepreneurial aspirations may raise: i) the usage, appropriation, and effectiveness of technology, ii) social polarization, iii) switching costs, and iv) data management. The overall aim of this perspective article is to educate and caution enthusiasts, policy makers and practitioners about the need to address these concerns in order to build inclusive smart cities.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Data management, Entrepreneurship, Polarization, Switching costs, Smart city, Technology, Technology appropriation
Subjects:	L900 Others in Social studies N100 Business studies
Department:	Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User:	Paul Burns
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2019 09:31
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2019 09:46
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/40781

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