The past decade has witnessed a surge of research interest in social entrepreneurship organizations (SEOs). This has resulted in important insights concerning the role of SEOs in fostering social challenges. The crisis of both public and private profit-driven models meet the arising of new initiatives designed to meet the minor and often abandoned cultural heritage […]
Purpose – Italy can boast a huge cultural and natural heritage but often due to lack of resources and to management dysfunctions, many sites are abandoned. Traditionally, the model of heritage management is public, but in recent years the involvement of private profit-making enterprises increased. However, private has naturally tended to focus on the more […]
Purpose – This study presents some evidence of an ongoing research on smart city platforms. Our analysis is part of the Italian research project OR.C.HE.S.T.R.A (ORganization of Cultural HEritage for Smart Tourism and Real-time Accessibility) meant to develop a crowdsourcing community in the city of Naples (Italy). Successful crowdsourcing solutions require activities that both fulfill […]
Purpose – This study presents preliminary evidence of an ongoing research project (Orchestra – ORganization of Cultural HEritage for Smart Tourism and Real-time Accessibility) on smart city platforms. Our analysis refers to smart city platforms meant to develop a set of organizational solutions to foster the sustainable compatible exploitation of cultural and touristic resources in […]
Purpose – In this paper we will investigate different organizational models and roles delivered by actors in smart city systems. A smart city strategy aims at using technology to increase the quality of life in urban space, both improving the environmental quality and delivering better services to the citizens. Our case study analysis referring to […]