Operations management in distribution networks within a smart city framework

Raffaele Cerulli; Renata Paola Dameri; Anna Sciomachen

doi:10.1093/imaman/dpw024

Operations management in distribution networks within a smart city framework

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics ◽

10.1093/imaman/dpw024 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 189-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Raffaele Cerulli ◽

Renata Paola Dameri ◽

Anna Sciomachen

Keyword(s):

Operations Management ◽

Smart City ◽

Distribution Networks

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Smart city vizze project: Development and field test of an architecture for the local dispatching of distribution networks

2017 AEIT International Annual Conference ◽

10.23919/aeit.2017.8240513 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Davide Falabretti ◽

Maurizio Delfanti ◽

Le Anh Dao ◽

Luca Ferrarini ◽

Luigi Piroddi

Keyword(s):

Field Test ◽

Smart City ◽

Distribution Networks ◽

Project Development

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Accounting and smart cities: New evidence for governmentality and politics

Corporate Ownership and Control ◽

10.22495/cocv17i3art12 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 158-170

Author(s):

Loai Ali Alsaid ◽

Jean Claude Mutiganda

Keyword(s):

Enterprise Resource Planning ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Distribution Networks ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Electricity Pricing ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Erp System ◽

And Control

The concept of a smart city has attracted the attention of many scholars and policymakers in many countries worldwide. The role of accounting as a tool of governance in smart city politics, however, has so far been largely overlooked, especially in less developed countries (LDCs). This paper sets off to fill this research gap and hitherto unexplored linkages between accounting and smart cities. Drawing on the concept of governmentality, the authors conducted a case study based on document analysis, meetings observation, and 42 semi-structured interviews at a branch of a hybrid electricity company owned by New Cairo City in Egypt, during 2018. Findings show that the case company has implemented smart distribution networks of electricity in which new management accounting technology (enterprise resource planning (ERP) system) is used to trace costs, revenues, client complaints and feedback in a timely manner. The new network (of infrastructure and technologies) has represented timely accounting information as a major political power to influence accurate governance decision-making, such as smart electricity pricing and control, and to challenge governance decisions that are not sound. This paper is one of the first studies to explore the socio-political dynamics of accounting in smart city governance in the context of LDCs.

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