Business Ecosystem Research Articles

Business Ecosystems in Terms of Creating Interactions and Communications

The article is devoted to the creation and evolution of ecosystems, the peculiarities of their functioning, the control and communications management. The main characteristics of ecosystems are considered as: modularity, network structure, different types of partnership and competition, complementarity, interdependence, self-regulation, joint value creation, coevolution, etc. Integrated communications create the most optimal conditions for ecosystems’ functioning, ensure the consistency of participants’ interactions, introduce a common culture, rules, basic values, ethics and communication style, which increases motivation and favourably affects the overall image. According to the authors, in the context of decentralised management, the role of compliance control for assessing and preventing compliance risks, as well as the requirements for the organisation of monitoring, is increasing.The relevance of the study is related to the rapid evolution of ecosystems and their importance for the economy, as well as difficulties in understanding the process of their creation and functioning on the background of the lack of scientific research on the organisation of integrated communications.The purpose of the article is to study the modern ecosystem management using the analysis of scientific papers, comparison, generalization, analogies, systematic and logical analysis.The scientific novelty is in the author’s interpretation of the peculiarities of ecosystem functioning.The practical significance of the work is in the possibility of its use in the creation and improvement of ecosystems within the framework of sustainable innovative development.

Leveraging Cloud Native Development for Ecosystem Strategy

This article explores the intersection of cloud-native development and business ecosystem strategies, highlighting how cloud-native technologies create scalable, flexible, and interoperable platforms that foster collaboration and innovation. It examines the composition and dynamics of business ecosystems, the key advantages of cloud-native development for ecosystem strategies, and practical approaches for implementing cloud-native ecosystem platforms. The paper provides insights into the transformative potential of these technologies in shaping modern business ecosystems, supported by market data, case studies, and industry trends.

Business Process Clustering in Small and Medium Manufacturing Industries Based on Enterprise Resource Planning Concepts: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract Business process management has become increasingly important in the manufacturing sector, playing a vital role in fostering productivity and facilitating organizational adaptability to technological advancements. Although each company’s business process models vary in uniqueness and complexity, certain similarities can be identified from these differences. This study employs a systematic literature review to aggregate and summarize findings on business process models, modeling languages, clustering techniques, and foundational clustering principles. Results demonstrate the dearth of research on the grouping of business process models in the manufacturing industry. Several studies have focused on sectors such as services, trading, and insurance. Research specifically addressing clustering in the manufacturing sector is limited. Existing clustering efforts in manufacturing revolve around groupings related to product defects, industrial locations, business ecosystems, and similar factors. Analysis of the methods, scope, and criteria used in grouping business process models in the manufacturing industry indicates that most approaches rely on structural or graphic similarities. Follow-up research is lacking once these business process clusters are identified. This study proposes a novel approach to grouping, integrating business process modeling with the implementation of a management information system. Business process management relies on integrating departments within the company through an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The next step involves proposing a conceptual framework to categorize business processes and assess the comparability of models in the manufacturing sector. Future research directions are also delineated.

Business ecosystem management in the conditions new normality and transcendence

The article examines the essence of the concept, examines the elements and their inherent features of the business ecosystem, substantiates the approaches to effective management in the conditions of new normality and transcendence. The signs of a business ecosystem presented in the article are at first glance inherent in the characteristics of any enterprise, institution or organization, however, we note that ecosystems or turquoise organizations represent the next stage of consciousness development, where traditional concepts and methods are questioned and the organization is considered as a living organism, not a mechanical system. In the context of the transcendental development of business ecosystems, environmental turbulence and growing uncertainty lead to a decrease in the effectiveness of traditional management tools, at the same time, these characteristics can become a catalyst for new opportunities and non-standard management solutions that can significantly strengthen their position in the market and affect corporate synergistic effects, contribute to the formation of new connections and ideas, which will subsequently lead to the introduction of innovations and the development of business ecosystems. Transcendence in the context of management is considered as a concept that covers aspects that go beyond the established boundaries of existing experience, understanding or perception, standard models, conditions and approaches in managing business ecosystems. Management of the business ecosystem in the conditions of new normality and transcendence requires the use of integrated approaches and strategies that can go beyond traditional tools, methods and models. Envisioning the transcendence of management means changing the way you think and understanding that standard models and methods may become ineffective or insufficient in the new normal. Business ecosystems whose leaders are focused on transcendental development in the conditions of the new normality have the greatest chances for business viability, recovery and success. In this context, the article examines transcendental leadership, which refers to the concept of leadership that goes beyond traditional models and focuses on a deeper understanding and approach to managing people, organizations, and change.

Innovation Reefs (I-Reef): Innovation Ecosystems Focused on Regional Sustainable Development

The creation of successful innovation ecosystems, like Silicon Valley, is challenging due to significant cultural, infrastructural, and resource differences between regions. In this context, the Innovation Reef (I-Reef) model emerges as a promising alternative, offering an approach for regions with limited resources to develop successful innovation ecosystems based on cooperation and mutual benefit among participants. This model has great potential to promote regional development, especially due to its focus on retaining and sharing the value generated. However, the role of I-Reef in sustainable regional development still needs to be further explored. Thus, the objective of this study is to deepen the theoretical understanding of the I-Reef model by analyzing its contribution to sustainable development. To achieve this, a comparison was made between I-Reef and established models such as business, innovation, knowledge, and entrepreneurial ecosystems. A systematic literature review conducted on Scopus found 704 articles published in the last three decades. The purpose was to identify the similarities and differences between the models of innovation business ecosystem models. The results show that there is alignment between I-Reef and the different ecosystems on several points. A central aspect of I-Reef is that it relies on a strong network of mutually beneficial relationships, much more oriented to sustainable development than the other models, which is a key factor in generating competitive advantage and development for the region. This characteristic is either not addressed or not placed at the core of the ecosystems discussed in the literature. For future research, empirical studies and validation of the I-Reef model with experts are suggested, as this theoretical study lays the foundation for more in-depth analyses.

Investigating the impact of digital business ecosystem in enhancing Islamic mobile banking adoption through the TOE framework

Investigating the impact of digital business ecosystem in enhancing Islamic mobile banking adoption through the TOE framework

축제 산업생태계 네트워크 구조 분석 : 명예 문화관광축제를 중심으로

The demand for the industrialization of festivals has become increasingly prominent both academically and in policy discussions. Approaching festivals from an industrial perspective is regarded as a key strategy for improving supply chain efficiency and expanding the festival business ecosystem. The demand for the industrialization of festivals is increasingly strong, both academically and in policy discussions. This study aims to analyze the structural characteristics (connectivity and cohesion) and positional characteristics (influence) of South Korea's festival industry through social network analysis, grounded in industry ecosystem theory. The research utilizes 595 expenditure data points from four major cultural tourism festivals in Korea. The data were preprocessed in Excel, using pivot tables to identify relationships between attributes. After data cleaning, the dataset was divided into node and edge files, which were analyzed using Gephi 0.10, an open-source Java-based software optimized for large-scale network analysis. This multidimensional approach was critical in visualizing and optimizing the network data. The findings reveal that Korea’s festival business ecosystem displays characteristics of early-stage industrialization, characterized by low network density and limited two-way interactions between actors. While cohesive clusters within the network show diversity, the influence of major networks remains low, highlighting the need for focused efforts to strengthen them. In terms of positional characteristics, festival organizations, venue construction industries, and content development companies were identified as influential actors. Academically, this study contributes to the empirical identification of the network structure within the festival business ecosystem, providing foundational data for understanding its dynamic changes. Practically, it offers policy recommendations, including fostering key actors to enhance cohesion and expanding opportunities for inter-company collaboration to further develop the ecosystem.

IMPROVING SME PROFITABILITY: A BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE

This study aims to determine the influence of the business ecosystem on the improvement of profitability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as a form of business success. The method used is descriptive and verificative with several approaches. The unit of analysis in this study is small businesses, with the unit of observation being business owners. Data processing method utilizes Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), and the data used is primary data. The results indicate the presence of a business ecosystem's influence on the increase in profitability, which impacts business success. The research findings demonstrate that a good business ecosystem can affect the enhancement of profitability. This study is expected to be valid for business practitioners and stakeholders in making decisions to achieve long-term business success.

Bio-mimetic deconstruction of the digital business ecosystem

The advent of the Internet Plus era, digital technologies, and the digital economy has instigated profound transformations in the commercial landscape, particularly evident in the systematic reshaping of the Digital Business Ecosystem (DBE), encompassing innovations in business models, norms of commercial conduct, and the exploration of business value. This paper delves into the panoramic view of digital business operations of typical companies to uncover the fundamental structural framework of digital commerce. Through deductive reasoning and drawing upon the theoretical framework of natural niche, we construct a niche model for the digital business ecosystem, thereby achieving a bionic deconstruction of the digital business ecosystem. The significance of this research lies in offering a novel research perspective for enterprises, economic regulatory bodies, and scholars in the field of business management, proposing a systemic approach rooted in niche theory models to competition. This approach provides a fresh theoretical framework for enterprises to devise their own ecological and sustainable development strategies. The key findings are as follows: (1) Most business firms establish competitive advantages by constructing commercial cloud platforms that facilitate internal digital transformation and enable digital synergy with external economic entities; (2) Within the digital business ecosystem, enterprises extend their digital capabilities externally through four modalities: data development, data application, data services, and data manufacturing. Externally, six primary forces and roles shape the ecosystem: suppliers, governments, social institutions, consumers, as well as external and internal industry players; (3) The digital business niche is a multidimensional and hyper volumetric relationship positioning between enterprises and the digital business environment. The niche factors include six dimensions: market, personnel, resources, social relationships, technology, and institutions; (4) Given limited ecological factors, the non-exclusivity between static resource allocation and dynamic technological investments in digital enablement leads to the generalization of property rights boundaries and industrial values within the digital business ecosystem. Consequently, this fosters extensive business applications and diversified business models, thereby resulting in less competition and more cooperation, symbiosis, and complementarity within the digital business niche.

Sentiment and success potential of farmers’ producer organizations: A systematic literature review

Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) are a viable alternative to cooperative farming, offering a commercialization model and improved income for smallholders. However, their adoption is often met with mixed sentiment among farmers, who lack capital, technical expertise, and institutional innovations. This study aims to explore the sentiments related to the adoption and success of FPOs in establishing a beneficial platform for small and marginal farmers, using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), sentiment and thematic analysis. The findings suggest that FPOs can enhance marketing strategies and agricultural productivity, but their impact on agriculture is case-sensitive. Cooperatives, characterized by member ownership and bottom-up development approaches, are essential factors in the context. A programmatic and comprehensive understanding of FPOs can help to develop a better agricultural and allied business ecosystem for diversified categories of farmers. Study aims to assess the sentiments and success potential of FPOs under an abundance of small and marginal farmers, comparing them to cooperative and contract farming legislation, to encourage a sustainable agribusiness ecosystem in India.

Principles of socially responsible marketing

The concept of socially responsible marketing is considered in the context of modern trends in the economic policy of the Republic of Belarus and the state of business ecosystems. On the basis of complex analysis of scientific points of view and adaptation to modern conditions of management the author’s definition of socially responsible marketing is offered, its differentiation from the concepts of socially ethical marketing and relationship marketing is carried out. A system of principles of socially responsible marketing has been developed as the fundamental principles of strategic management of a Belarusian enterprise, which should be understood as internal social responsibility; external social responsibility; environmental responsibility; compliance with legal and ethical standards; receiving a profit.

Retraction notice: Role of machine learning in changing social and business eco-system – a qualitative study to explore the factors contributing to competitive advantage during COVID pandemic

Retraction notice: Role of machine learning in changing social and business eco-system – a qualitative study to explore the factors contributing to competitive advantage during COVID pandemic

Exploring the co-creation-innovativeness paradox: distance as an ecosystem characteristic of university spin-offs

Through empirical investigations into university spin-offs (USOs), we discovered innovativeness benefits derived from maintaining both academia and business partners at a distance. Distance should not be misconstrued as isolation; rather, it emphasises specific attributes where partners are maintained at arm’s length, affecting co-creation. Consequently, this paper explores how distance impacts the co-creation and innovativeness of USOs. It presents a longitudinal case study of a Swedish USO and conceptualises various types of distances, including actor-type, industry, supply-chain, geographical and knowledge-related distances. We explore the interplay between these different distance types as antecedents to USOs’ innovativeness and co-creation activities. The paper contributes to the existing literature by introducing the concept of distance as a critical characteristic affecting innovativeness and co-creation. By delineating various types of distances, it refines previous research on the characteristics of firm connections within university and business ecosystems.

Adoption of Umar Bin Abdul Aziz's Principles of Social Justice and Welfare in the Start-up Business Ecosystem

This article examines the adaptability and application of Umar bin Abdul Aziz's social justice and welfare principles in modern startup business strategies. Umar bin Abdul Aziz is known as one of the fair leaders and focuses on the welfare of society. Through this approach, this article explores how startups can integrate these principles into their business models. This study contributes by providing an ethical framework for startups in Indonesia to not only focus on financial gain but also play an active role in promoting social justice and public welfare. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The sources used are secondary sources. The study uses documentation to find and collect elements or variables related to the study. The analysis method in this study uses descriptive qualitative analysis. The results show that the adoption of the principles of social justice and welfare of Umar bin Abdul Aziz in startup businesses shows that these values are very relevant. Startups can implement a profit-sharing system, establish partnerships with MSMEs, and implement CSR programs to improve community welfare. Financial transparency is also important to prevent corruption, while attention to the welfare of society by offering affordable products can strengthen their contribution to social justice. In this way, business startups gain an ethical framework that not only focuses on financial gain but also plays an active role in the welfare of society, so that public trust in startups can increase.

Towards a circular business ecosystem of used electric vehicle batteries – A modelling approach

The increase in electric mobility will result in a growing number of used batteries that require an efficient system for handling and recycling valuable materials. The purpose of the research is to create a model of the business ecosystem for post-consumer electric vehicle batteries to identify circular economy business opportunities and limitations. Applying the ecosystem pie modelling methodology, the critical actors involved in electric vehicle battery repurpose and recycling are mapped, including the interdependencies and risks. The modelling is based on interviews with several industrial ecosystem actors and existing research literature. Opportunities and challenges in the circular business ecosystem are identified, relevant to industry strategists and decision-makers. The research findings reveal that downstream circular business ecosystems are more unpredictable and unplanned than upstream linear business ecosystems. The study also highlights the trend towards vertical integration among actors in the battery industry to secure the supply of materials.

Creating open innovation through API-enabled simultaneous centralization and decentralization

Application Programming Interface (APIs) have increasingly become crucial to digital ecosystems, facilitating interconnectivity and data exchange essential for digital transformation and open innovation in today's business landscape. In this article, we introduce a perspective on how APIs can be viewed as a means of achieving a dynamic equilibrium between centralization and decentralization for value creation in business ecosystems. Unlike common perspectives that regard APIs solely as technological tools, we examine them as a new way of thinking and organizing and as strategic mechanisms that facilitate both the unbundling and rebundling of business offerings. We also highlight their flexibility in adapting to changing business environments and outline various organizing models ranging from internal coordination to open platforms. This approach enables organizations to dynamically integrate diverse innovative services while maintaining a balance between control and autonomy. Our article draws on insights from open-innovation organizational structures with practical examples from leading edge use and application of APIs, demonstrating the transformative power of APIs on business models and ecosystems. In doing so, we provide a detailed framework and multiple examples, guiding business leaders to strategically incorporate APIs into their offerings.

Information and Service Support of the Mechanism of Industry Functioning in the Single Digital Space

The functioning of industry in the context of the creation and development of a single digital space of the Russian economy requires the development of an appropriate mechanism, in which information and service support for the digitalization of business processes of industrial enterprises should play a key role. The purpose of this study is to build a model of the mechanism for the functioning of an industrial enterprise in a single digital space (hereinafter referred to as the SDS) as well as to characterize the information and service support for the control and governing functions of this mechanism. The categorical apparatus of the digital economy and digital technologies, methods of classification, comparative analysis, functional and systemic approaches were used as the methodological basis of the study. The results of the work were the construction of a conceptual model of the mechanism of functioning of an industrial enterprise in a single digital space, based on the principle of optimality and capable of adapting to the needs of a particular industrial enterprise, as well as the identification of the basic functions of the management activity of an industrial enterprise in the single digital space, and the characteristics of the information and service support mechanism, which is digital services (technologies) that ensure management activities and interaction of actors of the business ecosystem in the single digital space. The conclusions drawn from the results of the study can be applied in practice by the management of companies when developing their own mechanism and strategy for digitalizing business processes in order to increase the efficiency of functioning in the single digital space industry.

First Steps towards Ecosystemic Governance for Health and Recreational Tourism Destinations

The concept of the business ecosystem emerged at the turn of the century, drawing inspiration from biology to describe the economic community. Since its inception, this concept has found applications across various domains, including technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship, where it significantly contributes to strategic management. However, within the realm of tourism, there remains a notable dearth of literature on this subject. While it is acknowledged that tourism destinations embody many characteristics of a business ecosystem, concrete tools for adopting an ecosystemic approach in tourism management, particularly across different tourism types, are lacking. The current study seeks to address this gap by undertaking a theoretical exploration of health and recreational tourism. It aims to identify socio-economic aspects that could facilitate the adoption of an ecosystemic approach in the governance of tourism destinations, with a specific focus on these types of tourism. As a result of this endeavor, an initial model delineating the ecosystem of a health and recreational tourism destination is proposed. This model lays the groundwork for empirical validation and further refinement through subsequent studies.

The economic and environmental viability of green and autonomous ships in inland shipping ecosystems

Abstract This paper explores the potential of using green, autonomous ships in revitalising inland shipping in Europe against the backdrop of declining market share and the dominance of “economy-of-scale” in waterborne freight transportation. It assesses the economic and environmental viability of converting freight from road- to waterborne modalities in broader business ecosystems, specifically along the Rotterdam-Ghent corridor. The analysis leverages operational and commercial insights from logistics firms, ports and terminal operators, combined with data on European goods flows by road, and accounts for operational, financial and environmental variables including realistic scenario building and ecosystem implications. Findings indicate that inland shipping in general and green, autonomous shipping in particular offer both economically and environmentally viable alternatives to road transport. The study calls for further research into green, autonomous ships from an ecosystem perspective as a potential solution to current challenges in sustainable freight transportation.

RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL CAPABILITY OF ENTERPRISES ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM

The study aims to investigate the interplay among digital capability, network capability, and value co-creation, the level of government digital governance, environmental uncertainty, and firm performance. This study summarized the high-tech manufacturing industry's value co-creation model from the perspective of the business ecosystem. It also added to previous research on the link between digital capability and enterprise performance and gave new research ideas for future studies on value co-creation in the business ecosystem. In practice, this study serves as a valuable guide for the development of high-tech manufacturing enterprises in China. It fosters the cultivation and promotion of digital capabilities within these industries, emphasizes the positive relationship between digital capabilities and enterprise performance, and guides high-tech manufacturing enterprises to prioritize value creation among multiple entities. We actively construct a business ecosystem and integrate both internal and external resources to generate value and foster mutually beneficial collaboration among various entities.