Money Matters? A Qualitative Study of the Funding Organizations as Parts of Smart Cities and Innovative Development

: Tommi Inkinen, Heli Ponto

: Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar

: 2018

: Smart Technologies for Smart Governments. Transparency, Efficiency and Organizational Issues

: Public Administration and Information Technology

: 24

: 169

: 189

: 21

: 978-3-319-58576-5

: 978-3-319-58577-2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58577-2_9(external)

: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319585765(external)

This paper
investigates funding organizations in the context of smart cities and
innovative development. Definitions of innovation systems and intermediating
organizations emphasize local connectivity, spatial networks and the competed
innovative development. The data is collected from funding organizations
providing resources for entrepreneurship and research. According to the data,
the importance of local, national and international networks and co-operation
was underlined. The “knowledge society” has an important task in providing facilities,
opportunities and creative environments. Cities have a salient role in
providing functioning environments for researchers and entrepreneurs. The
results indicate the differentiated views that the funding organizations have
concerning the conceptualization and understanding of national and regional
innovation systems. The paper concludes by addressing the future research
demands.