Managing Smart Cities

lt;p>Anna Visvizi, Ph.D. (dr hab.), economist and political scientist, editor, researcher and political consultant with extensive experience in academia, think-tank and government sectors, including the OECD. A practiced team-worker, researcher, analyst and lecturer, Professor Visvizi's expertise covers issues pertinent to the intersection of politics, economics and ICT. This translates in her research on applied aspects of ICT, especially AI and blockchain, in such domains as smart cities/smart villages, geopolitics, and business management. In her work, Dr. Visvizi places emphasis on engaging academia, the think-tank sector and decision-makers in dialogue to ensure well-founded and evidence-driven policymaking. Professor Visvizi is the Editor-in-Chief of Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (#TGPPP).

Orlando Troisi, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the Department of Management and Innovation Systems (DISA-MIS), University of Salerno (Unisa), Italy. He is a member of the research center for innovation and sustainable management (SIMAS-Unisa). His research interests cover services marketing and management, strategic and innovation management and information technology. He has published several articles in international journals (e.g., Industrial Marketing Management, Marketing Theory, Land Use Policy, Journal of Behavior and Information Technology, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal). At present, he is reviewer for several international journals. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Business and Management.

Effective Management of the Smart City: an Outline of a Conversation.- A Smart City initiative for Participatory Urban Accessibility Planning and Management.- Towards a Smart City in the Tropics: The Malaysian Approach.- A Review of Charging Schemes and Machine Learning Techniques for Intelligent Management of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grid.- Managing Safety and Security in the Smart City: Covid-19, Emergencies and Smart Surveillance.- Smart Sport Arenas make Cities Smarter.- Crowdfunding as a Smart Finance and Management Tool: Institutional Determinants and Well-Being Considerations. Evidence from Four Central and Eastern European Countries.- The Role of Smart Cities in Stimulating and Developing Entrepreneurship.- Smart-Social Business Cities: the Evolution, Concepts, and Determinants.- Social Accountability of Local Governments in Smart Cities: a Multiple Case Study.- How to Improve Social Participation of Senior Citizens Thorough ICTs: a Techno-demographic Challenge for an Effective Smart City.- Stakeholder-based Management of Smart Cities: The Case of Brussels.- Culture Powered by Blockchain in Smart Cities.- The Evolution of the Smart City in Italy: an Empirical Investigation on the Importance of Smart Services.- Managing Emergencies Through Resilience: the Case of Turin Smart City.- Circular Practices with a Public Driven Local Development Processes.