Hans Schaffers

TL;DR: An analysis of the current landscape of smart city pilot programmes, Future Internet experimentally-driven research and projects in the domain of Living Labs, common resources regarding research and innovation can be identified that can be shared in open innovation environments.

TL;DR: In this paper, a special issue of the Journal of the Knowledge Economy focuses on how advanced European cities develop strategies towards becoming smart cities, based on the many possible innovative usages of network infrastructures and Internet-based applications, through the engagement of open innovation ecosystems.

TL;DR: The White Paper focuses on how European cities are currently developing strategies towards becoming "smarter cities" and the lessons the authors can draw for the future, and explores also how cities and urban areas represent a critical mass when it comes to shaping the demand for advanced Internet-based services in large-scale testing and validation.

TL;DR: This paper explains how the creation of a common roadmap for urban innovation and economic development as enabled by the Future Internet, supported by all stakeholders and addressing agreed priorities, helps finding consensus on common longer term objectives.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify critical aspects of business models and preconditions for business models design for open collaborative innovation fostering rural and regional development in the context of Living Labs.