%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Towards a Smart City Concept in Small Cities %A Heikki Ruohomaa %A Vesa Salminen %A Iivari Kunttu %X The smart city concept brings together technology, government and different layers of society, utilizing technological enablers, such as the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). These enablers, in turn, facilitate development of various aspects of the smart city including, e.g., transportation, governance, education, safety and communications. However, the transition towards smarter cities involves not only technological development but also the changing and evolving roles of citizens, service providers and city authorities. In this transition, the key issue is creating and growing roles of collaboration, participation and coordination. Whereas mainstream research focuses on smart city transformation in big cities, aspects of this transformation in the context of small cities has been a widely neglected topic. This paper presents three cases of smart city development in small cities in Finland, each concentrating on a different aspect of smart city development. The cases reveal how a relatively small-sized city may take remarkable steps in smart city development by selecting a specific theme on which to build smart city activities. These examples also emphasize the critical role of public sector actors, showing that the public sector has a key role in creating the foundations for fruitful ecosystem-based development work. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 5-14 %8 09/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1264 %N 9 %1
Häme University of Applied Science
Mr. Heikki Ruohomaa is currently as research manager in the HAMK Smart Research Centre at Häme University of Applied Science. He is involved with various research activities, education and industrial implementation. His areas of expertise include ecosystem-based development, circular economy and Industry 4.0. He has also worked actively for regional development.
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Häme University of Applied Science
Dr. Vesa Salminen is currently acting as research director in the HAMK Smart Research Centre at Häme University of Applied Sciences. He is involved with various research activities, education and industrial implementation. His areas of expertise include innovation leadership, the data-to-service process, industrial service business, competence management and strategic management of business transitions. He previously worked as industrial professor at Lappeenranta University of Technology and spent two years as senior research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Boston. He has over 25 years’ industrial experience, which includes being managing director of Spiral Business Services Corp., technology expert at Technology Industries of Finland, and marketing/sales/project expert at Valmet Corp. Salminen has published over 200 refereed journal articles, book chapters and conference articles, e.g., through Springer Publishing, Elsevier Publishing, Intech Media, IEEE Publishing, ASME Publishing, IST Publishing and IGI Global Publishing.
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Häme University of Applied Science

Dr. Iivari Kunttu holds a PhD degree in Information Technology from the Tampere University of Technology (TUT, 2005), and a PhD degree in Economics (management) from the University of Vaasa, Finland (2017). Currently he acts as Principal Research Scientist in Häme University of Applied Sciences. In 2012-2017, he held an Assistant Professor position in Department of Management at the University of Vaasa. He has also held several R&D Manager and R&D process development specialist positions in the Nokia Corporation, and project manager positions in TUT. His current research interests include R&D and innovation management, data analysis, business development, as well as digital services. His works have been published in such international journals as Pattern Recognition Letters, Machine Vision Applications, Optical Engineering, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Annals of Long-term Care, Technovation, Industry and Innovation, and Technology Innovation Management Review.

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