Business models for developing smart cities. A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of an IoT platform
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Abstract:
What different configurations of Business Model (BM) exist in an IoT platform that aims at developing smart
cities? To address this research question, we build on BM literature and argue that BM configurations have
general characteristics beyond the unique traits of individual firms. We empirically investigate 21 projects for
smart cities that participate to a European funded Accelerator using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
(fsQCA). Our findings reveal the most frequent patters of association among value propositions and BM's
building blocks. In so doing, we contribute to explain and analyze the diversity among cases as well as BM's
causal complexity.
cities? To address this research question, we build on BM literature and argue that BM configurations have
general characteristics beyond the unique traits of individual firms. We empirically investigate 21 projects for
smart cities that participate to a European funded Accelerator using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
(fsQCA). Our findings reveal the most frequent patters of association among value propositions and BM's
building blocks. In so doing, we contribute to explain and analyze the diversity among cases as well as BM's
causal complexity.
Tipologia CRIS:
14.a.1 Articolo su rivista
Keywords:
Smart cities, Internet of things, Technology platform, Business model, Qualitative comparative analysis
Elenco autori:
Abbate, Tindara; Cesaroni, Fabrizio; Cinici, Maria Cristina; Villari, Massimo
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