Besides the promising forecasts for Smart City market, many projects haven't taken off due to financial restrictions, unsustainable business models or too technological visions instead of citizen orientation. The need for innovative business models in the context of Smart City motivates this...

In a historical business model, Mobile Network operators (MNO) design their own network, own their infrastructure, operate the network and offer services on top of it; a voice-revenue dependent business. Now with the data provisioning, since the revenues associated with data do not comply with...

This interview comprises the opening part of a doctoral defense in which Christian Nielsen acted as Sari Perätalo's opponent. The defense took place on November 24, 2023, at Oulu Business School, Finland, and the topic was "In search of a business model approach for smart cities." After the...

This paper focuses particularly on the pillars of business models for smart cities. The paper is based on the project Smart Sustainable District, and outlines the opportunities and limits of the application of certain guidelines in an extra-EU country, Serbia, through the Horizon Europe project...