| Title | A Smart-City Scope of Operations Management |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 45013 |
| Authors | Qi, W; Shen, ZJM |
| Title | A Smart-City Scope of Operations Management |
| Year | 2019 |
| Published | Production And Operations Management, 28, 2 |
| Abstract | We are entering an era of great expectations towards our cities. The vision of "smart city" has been pursued worldwide to transform urban habitats into superior efficiency, quality, and sustainability. This phenomenon prompts us to ponder what role the scholars in operations management (OM) can assume. In this essay, we express our initial thoughts on expanding OM to the smart-city scope. We review smart-city initiatives of governments, industry, national laboratories and academia. We argue that the smart-city movement will transition from the tech-oriented stage to the decision-oriented stage. Hence, a smart city can be perceived as a system scope within which planning and operational decisions are orchestrated at the urban scale, reflective of multi-dimensional needs, and adaptive to massive data and innovation. The benefits of studying smart-city OM are manifold and significant: contributing to deeper understanding of smart cities by providing advanced analytical frameworks, pushing OM knowledge boundaries (such as data-driven decision making), and empowering the OM community to deliver much broader impacts than before. We discuss several research opportunities to embody these thoughts, in the interconnected contexts of smart buildings, smart grid, smart mobility and new retail. These opportunities arise from the increasing integration of systems and business models at the urban scale. |
Similar Articles
| ID | Score | Article |
|---|---|---|
40935
|
Mak, HY Enabling Smarter Cities with Operations Management(2022)M&Som-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24, 1 | |
| 45092
|
Hasija, S; Shen, ZJM; Teo, CP Smart City Operations: Modeling Challenges and Opportunities(2020)M&Som-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 22, 1 | |
| 38426
|
Agbali, M; Trillo, C; Ibrahim, IA; Arayici, Y; Fernando, T Are Smart Innovation Ecosystems Really Seeking to Meet Citizens' Needs? Insights from the Stakeholders' Vision on Smart City Strategy Implementation(2019)Smart Cities, 2, 2 | |
| 39520
|
Antoschin, R; Wimmer, MA Smart Cities: Practitioners' Understanding and Expectations Results from a Qualitative Study in the City of Koblenz(2021) | |
| 40970
|
Öberg, C; Graham, G; Hennelly, P Smart cities A literature review and business network approach discussion on the management of organisations(2017)Imp Journal, 11, 3 | |
| 39204
|
Jakutyte-Walangitang, D; Page, J; Pol, O; Schmidt, RR; Mollay, U Contribution to the Knowledge Development for Smart Cities(2015) | |
| 39262
|
Angelidou, M Smart cities: A conjuncture of four forces(2015) | |
| 38228
|
Saber, Q; Ibrahim, H; Rejab, MM; Ahmad, M; Omar, M Sustainable Development of Smart Cites: A Qualitative Research Design(2018) | |
| 44956
|
Jebrane, E; Ouariti, OZ Smart City Concept Through a Literature Review(2022) | |
| 37960
|
Cavalcante, E; Cacho, N; Lopes, F; Batista, T Challenges to the Development of Smart City Systems: A System-of-Systems View(2017) |