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City renewal as open innovation

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  • Jan Mattsson
  • Flemming Sørensen

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This article illustrates how open innovation can be applied to understand renewal processes in complex sectors of society that involve many public, private and collective actors. The article discusses how a city renewal project can be conceptualized as ?open city innovation?. A natural experiment of a process of ?open city innovation?, involving a number of private and public actors is presented. Findings suggest that attractive and capital rich urban environments can be successfully created through open city innovation facilitated by 1) a clear focus of private actors on long-term benefits of the city development project, and 2) public organisational set-ups securing involvement of many actors, interactions and knowledge distribution among them. Furthermore, the article illustrates how the ?natural experiment? as research method is a promising approach for analyzing complex city renewal projects. JEL Codes: M1

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  • Jan Mattsson & Flemming Sørensen, 2015. "City renewal as open innovation," Journal of Innovation Economics, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 195-215.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:jiedbu:jie_016_0195
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    1. Gianpaolo Basile & Gandolfo Dominici & Mario Tani, 2016. "Place Marketing and Management: A Complex Adaptive Systems View. The Strategic Planning of the City of Avellino, Italy," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 29(5), pages 469-484, October.

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    Keywords

    Open Innovation; Public and Private Actors; City Renewal; Natural Experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration

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