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Book SynopsisSmart people make a smart city. This volume presents a collection of papers on the concept of smartness, smart development and the international practices in the field. There are five key topic areas: the conceptual, smart economy, smart specialisation, smart city and public governance. The concept of a smart social system is grounded on comparative analysis of competing concepts such as intelligence, knowledge driven, digital, learning, networked, innovative, agile and sustainable.
Table of ContentsContents: Robertas Jucevicius/Jurgita Bruneckiene/Gerd-Bodo von Carlsburg: Introduction – Giedrius Jucevicius/Shlomo Maital: National Strategies of Smart Development: Turning Constraints into Growth Opportunities – Robertas Jucevicius/Palmira Juceviciene: Smart Social System – Jaime del Castillo/Jonatan Paton/Belen Barroeta: Clusters and Territorial Development: The Great Basque Transformation Towards Smart Specialisation – Jurgita Bruneckiene/Julia Lopez Ventura: Building Smart Economy: Barcelona Case – Pekka Lindroos: Evolution and Concurrent Thinking on Industrial Strategy: Case of Finland – Inmaculada Periáñez Forte/Manuel Palazuelos Martínez/Dimitris Kyriakou: Strengthening Decision-Making Capacity Through Stakeholder’s Engagement in Smart Specialisation – Jaime del Castillo/Jonatan Paton/Belen Barroeta: A Governance Model for Smart Specialisation – Thomas A. Bryer/Pamela Medina: Smart Virtual City: Applying Smart Design to a City’s Online Structure and Identity – Billy Fields: Evaluating the Challenge of Conceptualising the Smart City in Urban Planning: Greenway Planning in Texas – Palmira Juceviciene/Justina Suchankaite: Smart Decisions as a Critical Indicator of a Smart City: The Case of Druskininkai Town – Michiel S de Vries/Iwona Sobis: From Evidence-Based Policies to Evidence-Based Public Sector Reforms – Paul Joyce: Case Studies in Public Governance, Strategic Management and Economic Performance – Rita Juceviciene/Giedrius Jucevicius: Emergence of Trust in Inter-Organisational Relations: Overcoming Dilemmas in Trust Development.
