Platform business models for smart cities: from control and value to governance and public value
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This article presents a theoretical framework for the analysis of platform business models that involve public actors, and city governments in particular, in the value network. It starts from an established business model framework and expands it to include an additional set of parameters required to successfully perform an analysis of the business models of new (mostly digital) services offered by cities. It then applies this framework to several divergent cases from the mobile services sector in which city governments are involved as part of their efforts to become "smarter cities".
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Interoperability is possible at different levels, spanning from the sensor levels up to the semantic level.
“Interoperability is possible at different levels, it spans from the sensor levels [235], up to the semantic level [236][237].”
From Digital Twin in the IoT Context: A Survey on Technical Features, Scenarios, and Architectural Models (2020) · cites this paper as [235]
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Caragliu, A., Del Bo, C., & Nijkamp, P. (2011) · Journal of Urban Technology · doi:10.1080/10630732.2011.601117 · Cited by 3,409 · see citing works
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Wang, C., Teo, T. S. H., & Janssen, M. (2021) · International Journal of Information Management · doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102401 · Cited by 161 · see citing works
- Authors
- Walravens, N., & Ballon, P.
- Affiliations
- iMinds (BE)
- Venue
- IEEE Communications Magazine
- Published
- 2013-06
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 72-79
- ISSN
- 0163-6804 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1978073092
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 22.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE Communications Magazine (publishedVersion)
- VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Innoviris
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Smart Cities and Technologies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Digital Platforms and Economics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Keywords
- platform business models, smart cities, urban governance, public value, value networks, mobile services, public-private collaboration, business model framework
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