SMART CITY AS AN ECOSYSTEM OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHAT OPEN INNOVATION MEANS FOR CITIES

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 79 - 95, 30.06.2022

Anıl Savaş Kılıç

Abstract

The urbanization growth is pressing cities to meet the growing demands of the city dwellers. As urban population is expected to be 68.4% of the total population as of 2050, cities have started to address this challenge using Information Communication Technologies to optimize their current physical infrastructure. This notion is called smart cities and it is more than using the technology; because city governments’ efforts alone are not enough to keep up with the pace of ever-increasing issues. Therefore, being a smart city also requires an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset and collaboration of all the stakeholders in the city. In this paper, I propose a smart city definition, examine how open innovation model can be applied to smart cities and how this model can be governed by the city management. I believe that this will be a starting point for academicians who aims to deepen the research in open innovation and for practitioners who wants to apply the model.

Keywords

Open Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Smart City

İNOVASYON VE GİRİŞİMCİLİK EKOSİSTEMİNDE AKILLI ŞEHİR: ŞEHİRLER İÇİN AÇIK INOVASYON NE ANLAMA GELİYOR

Abstract

Kentleşmedeki büyüme, şehirleri, şehir sakinlerinin artan taleplerini karşılamaya zorluyor. 2050 itibariyle şehir nüfusunun toplam nüfusun %68,4'ü olması beklendiğinden, şehirler mevcut fiziksel altyapılarını optimize etmek için bilgi iletişim teknolojilerini kullanarak bu zorluğu gidermeye başladılar. Bu kavram akıllı şehirler olarak adlandırılır ve teknolojiyi kullanmaktan daha fazlasıdır; çünkü şehir yönetimlerinin çabaları tek başına giderek artan sorunların hızına ayak uydurmak için yeterli değil. Bu nedenle akıllı şehir olmak, yenilikçi ve girişimci bir zihniyeti ve şehirdeki tüm paydaşların iş birliğini de gerektirmektedir. Bu yazıda bir akıllı şehir tanımı önermekte, açık inovasyon modelinin akıllı şehirlere nasıl uygulanabileceğini ve bu modelin şehir yönetimi tarafından nasıl yönetilebileceğini incelemekteyim. Açık inovasyon araştırmalarını derinleştirmeyi hedefleyen akademisyenler ve modeli uygulamak isteyen uygulayıcılar için bunun bir başlangıç noktası olacağına inanıyorum.

Keywords

Açık İnovasyon, Girişimcilik, Akıllı Şehir

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