Essays about: "civic innovation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words civic innovation.

1. 1. Open data in Swedish municipalities? : Value creation and innovation in local public sector organizations

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : ERSHAD TAHERIFARD; [2021]
   Keywords : Open data; public sector; municipalities; public goods; market failure; business model; innovation; Öppna data; offentlig sektor; kommuner; kollektiva varor; marknadsmisslyckande; affärsmodell; innovation;

   Abstract : Digital transformation is highlighted as a way of solving many of the problems and challenges that the public sector faces in terms of cost developments and increased demands for better public services. Open data is a strategic resource that is necessary for this development to takeplace and the municipal sector collects information that could be published to create value inmany stages. READ MORE

3. 2. Social innovation på landsbygden : en studie om Uppsala och Tierps kommuners strategi

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Owais Syed; [2020]
   Keywords : social innovation; socialt företagande; socialt entreprenörskap; centralstyrning government ; interaktiv styrning governance ;

   Abstract : Målet med denna uppsats i landsbygdsutveckling är att undersöka hur två kommuner i Uppsala län, Uppsala och Tierps kommuner, uppfattar och arbetar med social innovation, samt vilken roll landsbygden spelar i arbetet. Uppsatsen är baserad på kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer med sex personer i de två kommunerna och analyseras utifrån teorier om social innovation i forskningslitteraturen, samt ur ett government och governance perspektiv. READ MORE

4. 3. Smart Cities in practice. A comparative case study between Warsaw, Gdynia, Copenhagen and Malmö. A public actor’s perspective with a secondary focus on collaboration and digitization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Agata Jagoda Jablonska; [2018]
   Keywords : smart city; smart city in practice; smart city governance; urbanization; digitization; collaboration; sustainability; strategy; city governing; city managing; partnerships; cross-sector collaboration; cross-sector partnership; innovation-based projects; case study; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation was to examine what Smart City concept entails in practice rather than a theory, with a clear secondary focus on digitization and collaboration as the means to deliver successful Smart City projects. This project sheds light on the public actor’s managerial perspective on many actual topics for the globalized world, where cities play a pivotal role. READ MORE

5. 4. Convergence Citizen: Innovative Designs of Mediated Citizenship : A Case Study of the Swedish Convergence Festival Gather

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Maria Rogg; [2017]
   Keywords : Convergence Festivals; Civic Cultures; Citizen Identity; Citizenship; Mediated Citizenship Social Semiotics; Multimodal Discourse Analysis; Innovation; Civic Participation; Transformational Festivals;

   Abstract : This thesis studies citizen identity in the context of convergence festivals. These are large-scale events, curated as interdisciplinary meetings that materialize the knowledge economy and a participatory discourse. As media text constitute subjective reality, citizenship is negotiated in and through them. READ MORE

6. 5. Learning in the 21th Century : The City as a Laboratory

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Lukas Bidö; [2017]
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   Abstract : We are living in a globalized world where everything and everyone is connected at all times and society is changing in a faster pace than ever before. Old knowledge becomes obsolete and needs to be continuously replaced by new one, creating the need for learning to be life-long. READ MORE