RT Journal Article
T1 Quality of life in cities: An outcome and a resource?
A1 Pazos García, María José
A1 López López, Vicente Ángel
A1 Iglesias Antelo, Susana
A1 Vila Vázquez, Guadalupe
K1 Governance
K1 Quality of life
K1 Competitiveness
K1 Smart city
AB This study contributes to the improvement of the knowledge about quality of life (QoL) in cities, deepening not only in its antecedents, but also in its outcomes, under the theoretical approach of the resource-based view. On the one hand, we hypothesize that QoL in a city can be driven by governance resources such as transparency and reputation; on the other hand, we propose that QoL can be seen as a strategic resource leading to a higher city competitiveness, which in turn can act as an inducer of a higher smart city index. The latter relationship could be explained as a positive resource spiral in cities, relying on resource conservation theory. Our study also provides favorable evidence for these theoretical relationships set out in a structural equation model with a sample of Spanish Smart cities.
PB Elsevier
YR 2024
FD 2024-12-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38053
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38053
LA eng
NO European Research on Management and Business Economics Volume 31, Issue 1, January–April 2025, 100264
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026