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Smart Economy Through Smart Cities

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Smart economy has emerged as part of the smart city framework to encourage urban growth which the urban population currently lives in a digital society. The smart economy has emerged as part of the smart city framework to encourage urban growth. However, with technological and economic shifts brought about by globalization, cities are now facing the challenges of simultaneously sustaining productivity and sustainable urban development. The objectives of the study were to identify the smart economy concept for a smart city and examine the elements of smart economy in Pengerang. The study has conducted by using a mixed method. The data have collected by using questionnaires, document reviews and observations. The results showed that respondents fully understood the concept of smart economy that enables, encourages and stimulates economic activity in Pengerang. Besides, there will be future strategies and initiatives in order to encourage people to implement the smart economy. The implications of this study show that people need to pay attention to the issues and strategies that have been proposed by the government to implement and promote the smart economy toward a smart city.

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  1. Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

    Nurlatifah Diana Binti Pajilani, Mohd Fahmy-Abdullah & Mohammad Kamarulzzaman Bin Ali

  2. Oasis Integrated Group, Institutefor IntegratedEngineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

    Mohd Fahmy-Abdullah & Suliadi Firdaus Sufahani

  3. Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84600, Pagoh CampusPagoh, Johor, Malaysia

    Suliadi Firdaus Sufahani

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  1. Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    M. Shamim Kaiser

  2. Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

    Kanad Ray

  3. Surface Characterization Group, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

    Anirban Bandyopadhyay

  4. Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia

    Kavikumar Jacob

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    Kek Sie Long

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Pajilani, N.D.B., Fahmy-Abdullah, M., Sufahani, S.F., Ali, M.K.B. (2022). Smart Economy Through Smart Cities. In: Kaiser, M.S., Ray, K., Bandyopadhyay, A., Jacob, K., Long, K.S. (eds) Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Trends in Computational and Cognitive Engineering. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 348. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7597-3_23

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