...Laurens Vandercruysse; Michaël Dooms; Caroline Buts Purpose This paper examines data protection related ex ante transaction costs borne by the private sector in the context of smart city service (SCS) public tendering in the European Union after the introduction of the General Data Protection...

... nation can build upon best practices from smart cities. However, researchers are only beginning to study smart nations (Kar et al., 2019). Shin and Ibahrine (2020) state that socio-technical system theories can inform builders of a smart society. Such a society has an interconnected ecosystem...

...-driven surveillance or “smart surveillance.” Design/methodology/approach Guided by Dynamic Capability theory, the authors conduct in-depth interviews with officers in-charge of surveillance in smart cities. Given the contemporary advancements, this approach allows a retrospective and real-time...

... terms together: Table 2 Search terms used in this study Search terms Alternative search terms Digitalization Digital nation Digital government e-government Digital economy Digital society Smart nation Smart city Challenges Nation Murali Krishna...

...Martin Lnenicka; Stuti Saxena Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the select Smart Cities of Czech and Indian counterparts and assess the extent to which open government data (OGD) standards are being adhered to using select indicators. Design/methodology/approach This study...

... in the development and appropriation of their urban space and generate solutions from which both the city and citizens’ everyday life can possibly benefit. So-called smart city applications seem, therefore, to shape a fundamental digital layer of the city, whereby citizens not only participate in the collection...