Insourcing the smart city: Assembling an ideo-technical ecosystem of talent, skills, and civic-mindedness in Singapore

• Main Authors: WOODS, Orlando, BUNNELL, Tim, Kong, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Smart city; insourcing public sector innovation; civic tech; Singapore; Asian Studies; Place and Environment; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/126; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1125/viewcontent/InsourcingSmartCity_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article examines an alternative model of smart city formation, one based on the principle of insourcing technical competencies and capabilities to those responsible for city governance. This model counters the logic of technological outsourcing upon which many assumptions and critiques of the s...