The Municipality’s Role in a Smart Internet of Things Ecosystem
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2021Metadata
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International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age. 2021, 8 (1), 67-81. 10.4018/IJPADA.20210101.oa5Abstract
This article explores how municipalities plan and utilize Internet of Things (IoT) for smart city development, as well as how they collaborate with actors in the IoT-ecosystem. To do so, in-depth interviews and secondary information are collected from municipalities in Norway. Overall, the empirical findings confirm that IoT has the potential to make municipalities smarter by improving public services, efficiency of internal management and service delivery. The findings form this study is novel and can help executives to gain practical insight into the theory-heavy subject of smart city development in small and medium sized municipalities