This document discusses financing smart sustainable cities. It focuses on economic and financial analysis for smart city projects. The analysis involves examining the socio-economic context of cities, financial analysis of individual measures, economic impacts of measures, and developing business models. Understanding the context is important for determining if projects are suitable and investments feasible. The analysis also considers whole economic impacts rather than just the perspective of individual companies. Business models for smart city projects need to align with goals, be self-reinforcing, and robust. The document uses examples from Stockholm, Cologne, and Barcelona to illustrate these points.

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Researcher, IESE Business School
Research Fellow, UNECE Center of Excellence on PPP for Cities

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• To forecast future trends
• To verify that the project is appropriate to the
context in which it takes place
In short, investments are easier to carry out
where the context is more favorable.
• The socio-economic conditions of the city and
the area-of-implementation
• The policy and institutional aspects
• The current infrastructure endowment and
service provision
• The perception and expectations of the
population with relation to the service to be
provided
• Other information and statistics that are
relevant to better qualify the context

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FINANCIAL
ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS
VS
Company level
Whole economy
or society

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ECONOMICS
BUSINESS
MODEL
VS

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A good one will meet three criteria:
1. Is it aligned with company goals?
2. Is it self-reinforcing?
3. Is it robust?

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• Socio-economic, institutional and political context
• Financial analysis of each measure
• Economic impact of each measure
• Business models

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant
agreement no 646456. The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the GrowSmarter project and in no way
reflects the views of the European Union.
Researcher, IESE Business School
Research Fellow, UNECE PPP for Cities
Economic and Financial analysis for Smart
Cities: the case of GrowSmarter

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