Business Ecosystem Perspective Research Articles

The Explorational Analysis of the Digital Transformation Challenges in the Freshwater Fisheries Industry in Central Java Province Through Group Concept Mapping: a Digital Business Ecosystem Perspective

This research explores the perspective of the challenges of digital business ecosystem players who utilize digital technology in the freshwater fisheries industry in Central Java. Methodology Obtained from ecosystem actor informants through interviews. This research falls under the mix method criteria where qualitative challenge analysis is carried out from triple helix sources (government, universities and industry) which produces challenge clusters so that they are qualitative in nature. natural. in nature. Research can be carried out on SME respondents using number 8. These SMEs assess clusters based on what they face and the obstacles that exist in their industry. Through this mixed method more comprehensive results were obtained, validating the challenge statement. The results of the research show critical clusters that are important and deserve attention for assessing the current situation through quadrant distribution graphs, namely Attitudes and SME Business Actors in Utilizing Digital Business Technology, Business Actors' Mindsets towards Digital Business Technology, Evaluation of Government Support, and Business Readiness Technology Digital. thus creating change for the better as a form of future strategy that is neater and more distributed according to the needs of the actors. Research implications: Data collection using interviews with the group concept mapping method limits researchers in confirming results and invites grouping of collected challenge statements so that the GCM method is not recommended for small studies. In addition, the greater the number of respondents, the more valid the results are for various SME conditions.

Firm performance drivers within a dynamic emerging market ecosystem

Business ecosystem participants face a significant challenge in navigating the dynamic environment due to high levels of interdependencies. Integrating dynamic capabilities theory and the business ecosystem perspective, we examine how business ecosystem participants increase performance in such an environment. Using longitudinal data from the Brazilian automotive cluster, we find that a higher degree of modularity and supplier involvement both lead to improved performance of business ecosystem participants. Moreover, we show that strategic agility acts as a mediator, positively influencing the indirect relationships between modularity and performance, as well as supplier involvement and performance. These indirect relationships are further moderated by the digitalization level. This research contributes to the business ecosystem literature by demonstrating that agility and digitalization are important drivers of business ecosystem participants' performance.

Electromobility: Logistics and Business Ecosystem Perspectives Review

In the evolving landscape of electromobility, the logistics domain is undergoing significant transformations, reflecting broader changes in both the transport and energy sectors. This study aims to present an exploration of the scientific literature indexed in Scopus dedicated to electromobility logistics and the business ecosystem. The methods used in this article include a classical literature review and a systematic literature review, combined with bibliometric analysis in VOSviewer software (version 1.6.19). These methods allowed for the analysis of keywords and research motifs related directly to the development of electromobility from a business ecosystem perspective. Results of this study indicate that while technological innovations play a significant role, the success of electromobility is also highly dependent on its efficient and collaborative business ecosystem of entities involved in transportation and energy sectors. This ecosystem, defined by mutual value creation and strategic collaboration along with infrastructure and logistics, has the potential to drive economic growth and create new green jobs in the energy and transport sectors. In conclusion, the study underscores the importance of a sustainable and balanced approach, emphasizing both technological advancements and the significance of a robust business ecosystem for the future of the electromobility business ecosystem.

Entrepreneurial growth in digital business ecosystems: an integrated framework blending the knowledge-based view of the firm and business ecosystems

Digitalisation is shaping the contemporary technological context of entrepreneurial activities, where firms grow through interacting with digital ecosystem stakeholders. This study investigates how incumbent firms seek entrepreneurial growth by re-configurating their knowledge bases in digital business ecosystems. We propose and develop a conceptual framework that blends the digital business ecosystem perspective and the knowledge-based view of the firm. Through a longitudinal case study of a Chinese textile manufacturing firm, we identify three pathways for entrepreneurial growth. The results contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by demonstrating how digital technologies foster corporate entrepreneurship in incumbent firms. The proposed framework extends the analytical power of the knowledge-based view by incorporating ecosystem elements into the firm’s internal and external knowledge management. The findings also generate relevant and actionable managerial implications for entrepreneurs, managers, and policymakers that are applicable in the context of digital business ecosystems.

Productivity vs. Evenness in the U.S. Financial Market: A Business Ecosystem Perspective.

This paper starts by presenting an empirical finding in the U.S. stock market: Between 2001 and 2021, high productivity was achieved when the Shannon evenness-measuring the inverse of concentration-dropped. Conversely, when the Shannon evenness soared, productivity plunged. The same inverse relationship between evenness and productivity has been observed in several ecosystems. This suggests explaining this result by adopting the business ecosystem perspective, i.e., regarding the tangle of interactions between companies as an ecological network, in which companies play the role of species. A useful strategy to model such ecological communities is through ensembles of synthetic communities of pairwise interacting species, whose dynamics is described by the Lotka-Volterra generalized equations. Each community is specified by a random interaction matrix whose elements are drawn from a uniform distribution centered around 0. It is shown that the inverse relationship between productivity and evenness can be generated by varying the strength of the interaction between companies. When the strength increases, productivity increases and simultaneously the market evenness decreases. Conversely, when the strength decreases, productivity decreases and evenness increases. This strength can be interpreted as reflecting the looseness of monetary policy, thus providing a link between interest rates and market structure.

How do latecomer firms achieve disruptive innovation? A business ecosystem perspective

Based on previous research related to disruptive innovation and ecosystem governance, this paper aims to explore the process by which latecomer firms achieve disruptive innovation through building ecosystems. We adopted a single-case study approach to achieve a deeper theoretical construction of this emerging phenomenon. An emerging Chinese firm was selected through theoretical sampling. We used the Gioia methodology to code and analyze the extensively collected primary and secondary data. On this basis, we reveal the process by which it achieves disruptive innovation and examined the role of business ecosystem governance in this process. Our findings illuminate the dynamic process by which latecomers achieve disruptive innovation, showing that the latecomers can achieve both disruptive technology design and disruptive market reconfiguration with the help of the business ecosystem. The study also reveals two main approaches to ecosystem governance, namely relationship governance and value governance, which play different roles in different periods of ecosystem development. Consequently, our study enriches theories related to business ecosystem governance and disruptive innovation in the latecomers. Important management implications suggest that the latecomers must not only have the ability to create new advantages in differentiation technologies, but more importantly, to open up corresponding markets for maintaining technological advantages.

Who Is the Real Winner in Cultural Industries? A Business Ecosystem Approach for Government Policies

Purpose – Over the past decade, South Korea's cultural industries have experienced significant growth in the name of Hallyu, the Korean Wave. This paper approaches government policy from a business ecosystem perspective for the sustainable growth of the cultural industry. In order to overcome the dilemma between cultural industry policy goals, the value of intermediate outputs, as well as final outputs, was identified. Design/Methodology/Approach – With the growing role of hidden or invisible actors in this field, the discourse on effective, efficient, and appropriate government policies for culture is an important academic endeavor. For this, the paper begins with an observation of how governments have engaged in formulating cultural policies as part of their industrial policy to foster national growth. After reviewing the different angles and motivations for national agenda, the paper offers insight into how the two clashing needs of industrial policy and cultural policy can be reconciled. Findings – Overall, business dynamics and economic order for culture can be established through a business ecosystem approach that calls on a more macro-level and integrated perspective for business in the cultural industry. By introducing content formats and animation segments for cultural industries, this paper ultimately shows how the next wave of Hallyu can be re-oriented along invisible sources of culture, the true winners in cultural industries. Research Implications – The government's business ecosystem approach to support the sustainable growth of the cultural industry hinges on a thorough understanding and reorganization of the cultural industry as a new bundling of content intellectual property rights.

The strategy of the port development company; a framework based on the business ecosystems perspective and an application to the case of Port of Rotterdam

This paper advances the conceptual understanding of strategies of port development companies (PDCs) through applying the business ecosystem perspective. This leads to a distinction between four stylized strategies for PDCs and associated types of services: minimalist (six services), integrator (six services) and ecosystem services (six services). An analysis of the services provided by a PDC reveals which strategy they follow. This approach is tested through a case study of Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR for short) the state-owned PDC in charge of developing Rotterdam's port complex. This case study yields three important conclusions: first the relevance of the identified service types is confirmed, as PoR is or has been active in providing 15 of the 18 identified service types, more specifically all six ‘minimalist services’, all six ‘ecosystem services’ and three of the six ‘integrator services’. Second, PoR follows a ‘platform provider’ strategy. Third, the provision of ‘ecosystem services’ seems to become a more important part of PoRs activities. The number of provided ecosystem services has grown between 2006 and 2021 and investments in ecosystem services account for an increasing share of PoRs total investments. These results provide a basis for further research, amongst others to better understand factors that may influence the strategies of PDCs.

Ecosystem-driven business opportunity identification method and web-based tool with a case study of the electric vehicle home charging energy ecosystem in Denmark

Understanding the local needs and challenges is critical for technology adoption in the energy sector. However, it is still a big challenge for most ecosystem stakeholders. Furthermore, technology adoption theories have mainly focused on the technology itself, and the business ecosystem perspective has been neglected. Therefore, this paper proposes an ecosystem-driven business opportunity identification method, a systematic approach for ecosystem stakeholders to conduct business opportunity analysis and evaluation based on the CSTEP ecosystem analysis and evaluation method. This method includes four correlated steps: Step 1: Identify the five CSTEP dimensions of the business ecosystem; Step 2: Identify potential changes in the business ecosystem; Step 3: Identify future ecosystem trends and timeline; Step 4: Select business opportunities; and Step 5: Potential solution identification. A web-based tool called opportunity identifier is developed for implementing the proposed method. A case study of the electric vehicle (EV) home charging energy ecosystem in Denmark is applied and demonstrates the application of the proposed method and the implementation of the developed web-based tool. Three value propositions are identified in the case study: (1) EV users can have optimal EV charging cost and optimal CO2 emission consumption with the intelligent EV charging algorithms that consider electricity prices, tariffs, and CO2 emission; (2) DSOs can avoid grid overloads and postpone the grid upgrade by applying intelligent EV charging algorithms; (3) Independent aggregators can aggregate EVs and participate in the ancillary service market or provide Vehicle-to-Grid services by using intelligent EV charging algorithms. Moreover, three feasible decentralized EV charging strategies (Real Time Pricing, Time-of-Use Pricing, and Timed charging) are identified as the potential solutions targeting the first value proposition.

Sustainable Entrepreneurs in Digital Business Ecosystems - Sovereignty vs. Business Model Potential

The digital transformation helps organizations to become more efficient while increasing their outreach and targeting new markets. However, it also makes organizational design more malleable and can blur or even disrupt a firm’s boundaries. Opening the firm to external influences impacts the sovereignty of the business. For sustainable entrepreneurs who develop business models for sustainability (BMfS), this might come as a Faustian bargain, as they might be trading their sovereignty for unlocking business models’ potential. In this in-depth action design research case, we chose a methodological process design to accompany and evaluate the development of BMfS based on digital technologies. To better understand rising tensions, we look not only at the related dynamics within the entrepreneurial firm but also engage a digital business ecosystem perspective. We discuss our findings with a contingency corridor that supports the recognition and reconciliation of digital transformation dynamics affecting the value logics of sustainable entrepreneurs.

The Key Success Factors for the Operation of SME Cluster Business Ecosystem

With the emphasis on cross-industry cooperation and the increasing complexity of the consumer market, an open and innovative business ecosystem has become a trend, and companies are no longer competing on their own, but rather between systems and systems. This study explores the development of SME cluster operations from a business ecosystem perspective. It summarizes the influencing dimensions and relevant factors of SME cluster ecosystem operation through literature research and expert interviews. We utilize the Fuzzy DEMATEL method and Interpretive Structural Model and classified by classification of matrix multiplication method. At the same time, this study figures out the factors’ correlation and characteristics and further develops their management implications to provide a reference for enterprises and subsequent research. The results reveal that robustness and niche creation with significant influence and low dependence are considered critical factors to influence other factors. Therefore, decision-makers should consider prioritizing control over factors in this category.

Stakeholder ties, organizational learning, and business model innovation: A business ecosystem perspective

Business model exists within business ecosystems, and stakeholders can exert a key influence on a firm's business model innovation. Drawing insights from the business ecosystem perspective and resource-based view, this study examines how ties with stakeholders can affect a focal firm's business model innovation and how the relationship is contingent upon the firm's learning types. Analyses of 210 Chinese firms reveal that the relationship between intra-industry stakeholder ties and business model innovation is inverted U-shaped, while extra-industry stakeholder ties have a positive effect on business model innovation. The relationships between both intra-industry and extra-industry stakeholder ties and business model innovation are weakened by exploitative learning but strengthened by exploratory learning. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Firm-Level Analysis of Global Supply Chain Network: Role of Centrality on Firm’s Performance

Over the past few years, academics and practitioners have started paying more attention to analyze and understand value creation and business models from a business ecosystem perspective. Such business ecosystems have been constructed based on the connected networks of people, firms, industries, and countries. Developing strategies to help sustain the firms’ competitive advantage in business ecosystems is a key challenge for businesses and policymakers worldwide. Recent disruptions to global supply chains due to the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed the high risk and challenges of managing sustainable global and intertwined supply chain networks. Using the data mined from financial records, the present study constructs the global supply chain network of the auto manufacturing sector. The data from 32,396 notable first-tier forward and backward supply chain connections were mined to build the global supply chain network in this sector. The global supply chain network structure was analyzed using centrality measures and clustering analysis. We utilized path analysis to explore the effect of various supply chain centrality measures on firms' financial performance, investment risk, and market value volatility. The findings provide new insight into our understanding of the relationship between the firm's location characteristics in the global supply chain ecosystem and various aspects of the asset's performance. Furthermore, discussions are presented about strategies that support sustainable collaborative value creation and sustainable competitiveness of businesses across the global manufacturing ecosystems. The research method used in this study has the potential to be applied to several industries.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42943-021-00026-8.

Keystone actors do not act alone: A business ecosystem perspective on sustainability in the global clothing industry.

Global industries are typically dominated by a few disproportionately large and influential transnational corporations, or keystone actors. While concentration of economic production is not a new phenomenon, in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world, the scale of the impacts of keystone actors on diverse social-ecological systems continues to grow. In this article, we investigate how keystone actors in the global clothing industry engage in collaboration with a variety of other organizations to address nine interrelated biophysical and socioeconomic sustainability challenges. We expand on previous theoretical and empirical research by focusing on the larger business ecosystem in which keystone actors are embedded, and use network analysis to assess the contributions of different actor types to the architecture of the ecosystem. This systemic approach to the study of keystone actors and sustainability challenges highlights an important source of influence largely not addressed in previous research: the presence of organizations that occupy strategic positions around keystone actors. Such knowledge can help identify governance strategies for advancing industry-wide transformation towards sustainability.

A business ecosystem perspective of supply chain justice practices

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of supply chain (SC) justice practices in shared value-supplier delivery performance relationship and the contingent role of trust in SC ecosystem operation. Design/methodology/approach The authors collect and analyze dyadic survey data from a marina resort SC ecosystem in Indonesia. Findings The results suggest the differential moderating effects of two types of perceived SC justice – perceived procedural justice and perceived interactional justice – on the relationship between shared value and supplier delivery performance. More specifically, we find that perceived procedural justice strengthens the shared value-supplier delivery performance relationship, but that perceived interactional justice weakens such a relationship. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate a positive three-way interaction effect between shared value, perceived SC justice and trust on supplier delivery performance. Originality/value The study is the first to introduce the role of SC justice practices in SC ecosystem operation. The authors examine how shared value interacts with perceived SC justice and trust in order to determine supplier delivery performance.

Business ecosystem perspective on innovation policy: a case study of San Diego life sciences

This paper applies a business ecosystem perspective to analyse innovation policy. The research utilised a case study on San Diego, which is one of the top three life sciences ecosystems in the world. Unlike previous studies, this research is an analysis of the ecosystem's evolution in each life-cycle phase - birth, expansion, leadership and self-renewal - and the key innovation policy measures related to these phases. The findings indicate that traditional policy measures must be reconsidered in the era of business ecosystems.

Connected automated vehicles and insurance: Analysing future market-structure from a business ecosystem perspective

The progressing interconnection and automation of automobile vehicles has profound implications for society and business operations. Existing business models and revenue streams in the automotive and transportation sector will be affected by this developing technology and a potential shift of societal mobility usage patterns. These disruptions will also have a far-reaching impact on the automotive aftersales service and motor insurance sector. Existing literature on the strategic impact of connected automated vehicles (CAV) for the motor insurance mostly focusses on questions of liability and the potential impact on the overall premium volume of the business. Enlarging this research focus with an analysis of service-based mobility approaches and the emergence of business ecosystem platforms in the automotive and mobility sectors, this paper finds that these developments have significant spillover effects on customer interfaces and the competitive environment of motor insurance.In particular, the ability of traditional motor insurers to integrate themselves in business ecosystem platforms built around CAV is disadvantaged due to a lack of an equal technical and legal access to in-vehicle data required for telematics-based services. Referring to this barrier, this research shows that the shift of the automobile to an interconnected smart device makes it necessary that automotive manufacturers (OEMs) open their business ecosystem platforms for third parties to maximize own value propositions. However, as this awareness seems not to be penetrated into adequate proactive action of OEMs, we suggest a timely intervention of legislative bodies to achieve the common regulatory objective of an undistorted and fair competition in telematics-based (insurance) service offerings.

Antecedents of co-development and its effect on innovation performance

PurposeIn the contemporary business environment, companies must constantly consider methods to enhance their competitive advantage and create value for their customers. The purpose of this paper is to develop a research model based on a business ecosystem view. Within a business ecosystem, the authors identified the key factors of co-development and the manner in which these factors affect a company’s innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachThe theoretical hypotheses are confirmed by partial least squares analysis of survey responses collected from information and communication technology (ICT) and hotel industries in Taiwan.FindingsIn both industries, the results suggest that a firm’s co-development within its own ecosystem has positive effects on innovation performance. For companies in the ICT industry, collaborative networks and partner selection have significant impacts on the firms’ co-development, but their information technology (IT) capability does not; in contrast, in the hotel industry, partner selection and IT capability have significant impacts on firm co-development, but their collaborative network does not.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature of business ecosystem and co-development by offering a co-development model. As both conceptual and empirical research on this topic is still underdeveloped, this study provides fresh insights into collaboration management and offers significant theoretical and managerial implications from a business ecosystem perspective.

Relationship between barriers and key factors of dairy production in Santa Catarina, Brazil

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to verify if, in the dairy business ecosystem (dairy farmers, dairy cooperatives, government, research agencies, consultants and financial institutions) perspective, the dairy production barriers presented by Bonamigo et al. (2016b) can be mitigated through the dairy production key factors indicated in the literature. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the proposed goal of this study, the methodology used for the study comprises three stages: exploratory search in the literature to identify barriers and drivers of dairy production, data collection and statistical model. For the first stage, the authors conducted exploratory research in the literature, to better understand the dairy production ecosystem and to find arguments that characterize the barriers and drivers of this activity. In the second stage, a structured questionnaire with 13 closed-ended questions in a single block, with ordinal responses, following the suggestion of Likert (1932), was developed and applied to the dairy production ecosystem players of Santa Catarina, Brazil. A total of 305 responses suitable for analysis based, that were analyzed through an exploratory factorial analysis and modeling of structural equations via partial least squares, resulting in the Statistical model. Findings Based on the analyses results, the authors verified that there is an inverse association between the characteristics of the barriers and the dairy production key factors. In this sense, the authors can confirm that the increase of the loads in the dairy production key factors, reduce loads of the milk production barriers. Based on the results of this test, new theoretical and practical insights can be identified to develop new studies with the aim of boosting the dairy sector development as well as providing support in the decision making of the dairy system players. Research limitations/implications This study may not have enabled a complete coverage of all existing peer-reviewed articles in the field of dairy production. It seems reasonable to assume that the review process covered a significant proportion of studies available. Originality/value It is the first study that compares identifies barriers and key factors of dairy production in Santa Catarina using as an analytical lens the business ecosystem.

A review of the ecosystem concept — Towards coherent ecosystem design

The ecosystem concept is of increasing significance in the field of the management of technology and innovation. This paper provides an overview of 90 previous studies using the ecosystem concept in this field, all published in leading academic journals, and clarifies their four major research streams. The first stream is the industrial ecology perspective, which is based on the concept of industrial ecosystems. The second is the business ecosystem perspective. This approach is based on the theory of organizational boundaries. Within the business ecosystem perspective, some influential scholars emphasize platform management, which represents the third approach. The fourth approach is the multi-actor network perspective, which contributes dynamic behavioral relationship analyses based on social network theory. This perspective expands the range of analysis to include a variety of actors in addition to private companies. As a result of the review, this study presents an integrated model of the existing literature. Furthermore, this paper proposes original definitions of the ecosystem and the concept of a coherent ecosystem. This coherency is the core concept underlying the explanation of the dynamic evolution or extinction of the ecosystem. Finally, this paper discusses the significance of the ecosystem concept and indicates topics for future research.