Developing Capabilities in Smart City Ecosystems: A multi-level approach
通过伦敦城市数据的实证研究，提出智慧城市生态系统中能力发展的多层次方法，揭示数据供给和数据洞察两种生态系统能力如何通过全球、配置和共享聚合过程形成，为城市当局组织智慧城市项目提供参考。
Smart city projects require complex coordination of resources, but research on how capabilities form at the city-ecosystem level remains scarce. This article develops a multi-level approach to capability development in smart city ecosystems through an empirical study of London’s city data. We analyse the London case to discover how two ecosystem-level capabilities – data provisioning and data insights – developed through global, configural and shared aggregation processes. We find that the emergence process changes as the smart city ecosystem develops, requiring different coordination and resource mobilisation mechanisms at various stages. We contribute to the capability development and smart city literatures by focusing on ecosystem-level capabilities linked to collective city-level outcomes rather than the capabilities of the leading city authority. Insights from the study are of value to city authorities considering how to scale up and organise smart city initiatives in support of urban development goals.