This dissertation addresses research questions related to defining a smart city and the associated activities. The general research question is explored in the dissertation via the conduct of three related studies. The finding from these three investigations are presented in the results section as 3 essays that collectively examine the smart city phenomena as it has emerged within the City. Essay 1 assesses building municipal open data capability. The study proposed an Opendata Roadmap Framework to enhance the organization's dynamic capability. The results provide a valuable practical framework to help cities develop open data capability. The results also provide a comparative study or benchmark for similar initiatives with other regional cities and within the nation. Essay 2 measures the residents' understanding and beliefs about smart cities. This portion of the research used a qualitative method that included interviewing residents and city officials to understand their definition of a smart city and what they believe makes a city smart. The interviews focused on understanding resident engagement because it is an important characteristic of a smart city. The gap between the city officials and residents understanding was examined. In addition, the interviews help identify essential factors associated with smart cities like trust in government, perceived security, perceived privacy, trust in technology, and perceived monetary value. Essay 3 examines the acceptance of smart city technologies and factors that affect the adoption of such technologies. This essay uses the insights from the other two essays to propose a smart city Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) extension labelled Smart City UTAUT (SC-UTAUT). The new proposed model was tested using a survey method. The 1,786 valid responses were used to test the proposed structural equation model using Smart PLS. Results show a significant relationship between trust in technology, trust in government, perceived monetary value, effort expectancy, self-efficacy, and behavioral intention. The dissertation concludes with a summary of how the three essays make a cumulative contribution to the literature as well as providing practical guidance for becoming a smart city.

近年來GPS相關產品與各項應用蓬勃發展，當中又以GPS手持裝置最受人矚目，根據各項數據顯示，GPS手持裝置的出貨量近年來呈現高度的成長，GPS手持裝置產品與其相關應用無疑是當前最具前景的產業之一。然而目前有關GPS的研究多半偏向技術為主，鮮少有研究以消費者為焦點從事研究，因此本研究將朝這個方向出發，主要探討影響消費者GPS手持裝置採用意願的相關影響因素。 本研究以科技採用模型為主要的理論依據，在經過文獻探討後將影響因素分成個人因素、社會因素與科技因素三大類，並據此發產出相關研究架構。同時本研究採用研究調查法，以北部大專以上學生為主要抽樣對象，紙本問卷與網路問卷共回收有效問卷286份。在經過資料分析後，發現個人創新性、自我效能、知覺服務可獲得性、社會影響各會以不同方式影響消費者GPS手持裝置行為採用意願。本研究並據此對實務與後續研究提出相關建議。