| Title |
The Citipreneur How a local entrepreneur creates public value through smart technologies and strategies |
| ID_Doc |
42263 |
| Authors |
Tomor, Z |
| Title |
The Citipreneur How a local entrepreneur creates public value through smart technologies and strategies |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
International Journal Of Public Sector Management, 32, 5 |
| DOI |
10.1108/IJPSM-02-2018-0060 |
| Abstract |
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of local entrepreneurs, embedded in both the civil and the business arena, in creating public value by establishing strategic collaboration around smart technologies. Design/methodology/approach The paper suggests a novel - the local entrepreneurial - type of smart bottom-up initiative between civil grassroots and market-based initiatives. This idea is further evolved in the paper to define the patterns of this alternative type of smart bottom-up initiative. For this purpose, the paper conducts a case study of a community-based sustainable energy and mobility system launched by a local entrepreneur in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Findings The local entrepreneur has played a catalyzing role in public value creation by initiating and upscaling cooperative practices around smart technologies. This success has mainly been achieved due to the entrepreneurial attitudes of pioneering and risk-taking as well as the capability to bridge between the state, the market and society to accelerate urban sustainability transition. Originality/value The study adds to the citizen participation literature by revealing a novel type of active citizen grasping technological opportunities to mobilize networks to cooperate for the collective good. The research also contributes to a better understanding of the bottom-up smart city as a form of governance, and its advantages as well as drawbacks concerning public value creation. |
| Author Keywords |
Citizen participation; Sustainable energy; Smart technologies; Public value creation; Local entrepreneur; Smart city governance |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000480506200004 |
| WoS Category |
Management; Public Administration |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Public Administration |
| PDF |
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/388598
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