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Smart mobility is booming and comprises an important part of the development of smart cities. City bikes are already widely used in many cities and new types of vehicles, such as scooters, are entering the market. This opens new niche markets for vehicle fleet operation and maintenance, and creates challenges for effective services, due to the existence of expanding heterogeneous vehicle fleets located in large geographical areas, and the inclusion of new types of vehicles with operation and maintenance requirements.

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Welcome to the September issue of the Technology Innovation Management Review. As a guest editor, it is my pleasure to introduce this month’s editorial theme Smart Cities. The first three papers included in this special issue originate from papers presented at the ISPIM Connects Ottawa event held in Ottawa, Canada, April 7-10, 2019. One of the focal topics of the event was innovating with government, to which the theme of this special issue brings new insights from the viewpoint of smart city development.

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Conducting a literature review in a new domain of research presents unique challenges, as previously noted by Weiss (2016). In existing domains, researchers can use established classifications of knowledge to guide their search for and interpretation of the literature. However, in a new domain, such classifications are not available.

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Throughout the modern industrial era, industries have been organised as linear value chains. This gave birth to vertically integrated organisations and giants such as Exxon Mobile and Royal Dutch Shell that were designed in such a way to control the entire value chain. The purpose of this was to achieve economies of scale that would create an important competitive advantage.

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Welcome to the August 2019 issue of the Technology Innovation Management Review. This issue has a special significance since it signals the formation of a new Managing Editorial Board, including Dr. Stoyan Tanev as Editor-in-Chief and Dr. Gregory Sandstrom as Managing Editor. The TIM Review journal also has a new Board of Associate Editors and International Advisory Board.