The Impact of Societal Innovation on City Development—Evidence on Seven UNESCO Creative Cities

• Main Authors: Hsueh, Jui-Che, 薛芮哲
• Other Authors: 林月雲
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72fbmx

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 企業管理研究所(MBA學位學程) === 106 === The purpose for this study was to deepen our understanding on societal innovation and provide suggestions to policy makers who wanted to conduct city transformation. Societal innovation is a relatively new concept, but is gaining importance as social problems are increasing and need systemic and structural change of the whole society. Moreover, sustainable urban development has also become an important topic for cities in the world, because cities are now homes to more than half of the world’s population and cities have been identified as centers for the production of knowledge, culture, information and innovation. As societal innovation requires systemic and structural change, it is more easily found in cities. This study thus selected seven UNESCO Creative Cities as successful societal innovation examples, namely, Edinburgh in Scotland, City of Literature (year awarded 2004), Berlin in Germany, City of Design (2005), Popayán in Colombia, City of Gastronomy (2005), Ghent in Belgium, City of Music (2009), Hangzhou in China, City of Crafts and Folk Art (2012), Sapporo in Japan, City of Media Arts (2013), and Rome in Italy, City of Film (2015). Through illustrating the transformation processes of these cities with LERP-PEARL model, we deepened our understanding of the practice of societal innovation and the success factors for conducting societal innovation. Furthermore, the study expanded the concept of LERP-PEARL model and applied it on business transformation, as we found that elements in city transformation and business transformation were similar. At the end of the study, we provided suggestions for policy makers who are interested in creating creative cities.