ABSTRACT
This chapter considers issues of collaboration and networking, and in particular how small cities can use their links to external partners and networks to achieve things. The art of collaboration in cities means creating shared interests – convincing people to think not only “What can the city do for me?” but also “What can we all do for the city?” The networks developed by ’s-Hertogenbosch and other cities have proved crucial in helping them to achieve things the city alone could not. This chapter considers the principle of “network value” applied to smaller cities.
