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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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ECONOMICSBUSINESS

MODELVS

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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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