World population and the number of city dwellers are steadily growing. Globalization and digitalization lead to an increased competition for skilled and creative labor and other economic resources. This is true not only for firms, but increasingly also for cities. The book elaborates on...

Part I: New Challenges for Change (Management) -- Part II: The Role of Cooperation, Co-determination and Networks in Organizing Change -- Part III: Re-thinking Change in the Context of Open Innovation -- Part IV. Influences of Markets and Regulation on Change -- Part V. From Theory to Practice:...