The role of Public-Private Innovation Networks in the development of smart city services: an exploratory analysis in Europe

This paper contributes to the understanding of networked innovation for the development of smart city services by leveraging the interpretive potential of Public-Private Innovation Networks in Services (ServPPINs). A conceptual framework is proposed to explore the structure, process and dynamics of "smartServPPINs" and the drivers influencing their functioning and role in realizing technological and non-technological innovations for cities' smart development. Then a comparative analysis of two European case studies of smart projects and their related service innovation networks is conducted based on the framework, showing its contribution in disentangling the complexity of these collaborative arrangements.