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

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Carvalho, L (Autor) FLUP; Santos, IP (Autor) Outra; van Winden, W (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Expert Systems with Applications

Vol. 41 Nº 4

Páginas: 5647-5655

ISSN: 0957-4174

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 17 Citações

Scopus - 17 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 9