Analyzing the use of economic and financial indicators in smart cities context

Abstract

Global competitiveness is the main reality for cities in the entire globe. City rankings may bring to cities their reality in comparison to others, which can lead to some positive effects. However, one city should be compared to similar ones. In a previous work, we proposed a method based on financial indicators and clustering, aiming to turn possible to compare similar cities from financial perspective, due to its importance in the reality of a city. This work aims to present a literature review on the use of financial and economic indicators in smart city context. We used a method to construct a bibliometry on this theme, which is present in this work, as well as the obtained results. Hereafter, we present the main works related to our theme, and we finish our work presenting the list of most important financial and economic indicators that we found in literature.