The rise of smart cities has become crucial in economic and local policies in recent years, as technological innovations have enabled more efficient and sustainable management of urban resources. As a result, smart cities have gained increasing importance in the social environment, economy, and innovation (Vanolo, 2014). Today, smart cities play a central role in promoting economic growth, innovation, and sustainable development by providing a supportive environment for creating and implementing new technologies and services (Christofi, 2021). In this context, understanding the relationship between local innovation and developing an innovative economic environment in smart cities has become a crucial research topic. This study aims to contribute to this field by examining the interplay between local innovation, the development of an innovative economic environment, and talent attractiveness in current smart cities (Caragliu & Del Bo, 2019; Marchesani, 2022). The study aims to evaluate how current smart cities create a circuit where local innovation influences the development of innovative companies and consequently attracts talent, triggering a self-sustaining loop. The circular relationship reveals the indissoluble source of an innovative local and economic environment and talent acquisition and highlights how increasing one of these factors contributes to elevating the entire cycle towards a more innovative context. The main objective of this research is to demonstrate how smart cities are becoming a current innovation hub, generating not only a competitive advantage for cities over rural and less advanced areas but also fostering competition among future cities to attract and retain key factors that fuel this loop, such as innovative firms, talent, knowledge, and local innovation in terms of digital and policy innovation.
Knowledge-innovation loops as a smart city driver: Exploring the circular interplay between talents attraction and local and economics innovation in contemporary cities
filippo marchesani
Primo
;francesca masciarelli
2023-01-01
Abstract
The rise of smart cities has become crucial in economic and local policies in recent years, as technological innovations have enabled more efficient and sustainable management of urban resources. As a result, smart cities have gained increasing importance in the social environment, economy, and innovation (Vanolo, 2014). Today, smart cities play a central role in promoting economic growth, innovation, and sustainable development by providing a supportive environment for creating and implementing new technologies and services (Christofi, 2021). In this context, understanding the relationship between local innovation and developing an innovative economic environment in smart cities has become a crucial research topic. This study aims to contribute to this field by examining the interplay between local innovation, the development of an innovative economic environment, and talent attractiveness in current smart cities (Caragliu & Del Bo, 2019; Marchesani, 2022). The study aims to evaluate how current smart cities create a circuit where local innovation influences the development of innovative companies and consequently attracts talent, triggering a self-sustaining loop. The circular relationship reveals the indissoluble source of an innovative local and economic environment and talent acquisition and highlights how increasing one of these factors contributes to elevating the entire cycle towards a more innovative context. The main objective of this research is to demonstrate how smart cities are becoming a current innovation hub, generating not only a competitive advantage for cities over rural and less advanced areas but also fostering competition among future cities to attract and retain key factors that fuel this loop, such as innovative firms, talent, knowledge, and local innovation in terms of digital and policy innovation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
