Knowledge spaces and places: From the perspective of a "born-global" start-up in the field of urban technology

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Carvalho, L (Author) FLUP; Santos, IP (Author) Other; van Winden, W (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Expert Systems with Applications

Vol. 41 No. 4

Pages: 5647-5655

ISSN: 0957-4174

Publisher: Elsevier

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-GNH

DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2014.02.015

Abstract (EN): The success of cities increasingly relies on its capacity to capitalize on its knowledge base, but also on its potential to anchor external knowledge and the strategies of knowledge-based firms. In this paper we analyze how a "born global" start-up firm is linked to different types of places, and how it explores and exploits different territorial innovation potentials. Our case company-i.e., Living PlanIT-develops, tests and sells smart city software to processes real-time information collected through sensors embedded in a city's buildings and infrastructure towards energy savings and manifold efficiency gains. The paper illustrates how the interaction with different places and knowledge-based cities provides unique resources for the technology development, search, experimentation, market formation and societal legitimation. Beyond focusing on a place's fixed knowledge assets, the paper empirically assesses the innovation functions of different types of knowledge-cities and temporary "non-places" such as international high-level events. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9