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A review of the ecosystem concept — Towards coherent ecosystem design

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In this paper, the authors provide 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.
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This article is published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.The article was published on 2018-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 289 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Total human ecosystem & Ecosystem management.

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Innovation ecosystems: A conceptual review and a new definition

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a synthesized definition of an innovation ecosystem, which is compatible with related conceptualizations of innovation systems and natural ecosystems, and the validity of it is illustrated with three empirical examples of innovation ecosystems.
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Big data and business analytics ecosystems: paving the way towards digital transformation and sustainable societies

TL;DR: This editorial discusses that in order to reach digital transformation and the creation of sustainable societies, first, none of the actors in the society can be seen in isolation, instead the authors need to improve their understanding of their interactions and interrelations that lead to knowledge, innovation, and value creation.
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Industry 4.0 innovation ecosystems: An evolutionary perspective on value cocreation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze eleven years of an ecosystem's evolution using a technology mapping of 87 companies, 37 interviews with stakeholders, and a 2.5-year follow-up of a testbed project conducted by 8 companies.
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Leveraging complexity for ecosystemic innovation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at innovation ecosystems through the lens of complexity science, considering them as open non-linear entities that are characterized by changing multi-faceted motivations of networked actors, high receptivity to feedback, and persistent structural transformations.
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The evolution of the financial technology ecosystem: An introduction and agenda for future research on disruptive innovations in ecosystems

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define disruptive innovation ecosystems and illustrate the impact that the financial technology (FinTech) ecosystem has had on disrupting the financial services industry, and discuss the evolution of the FinTech ecosystem.
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Explicating dynamic capabilities: the nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on the social and behavioral sciences in an endeavor to specify the nature and microfoundations of the capabilities necessary to sustain superior enterprise performance in an open economy with rapid innovation and globally dispersed sources of invention, innovation, and manufacturing capability.
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National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the principal topics in current discussion of industrial and technology policy, defining innovation as the processes by which firms master and put into practice product designs and manufacturing processes that are new to them.
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Value Creation in Innovation Ecosystems: How the Structure of Technological Interdependence Affects Firm Performance in New Technology Generations

TL;DR: It is proposed that the effectiveness of vertical integration as a strategy to manage ecosystem interdependence increases over the course of the technology life cycle.
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Strategies for Manufacturing

TL;DR: The traditional model of industrial production is highly wasteful and ultimately unsustainable in contemporary society as mentioned in this paper and without change to a more integrated environmentally sound model of production waste pollution economic development and population growth will bury the earth.
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Value creation in innovation ecosystems: how the structure of technological interdependence affects firm performance in new technology generations

TL;DR: In this article, the authors characterize the external environment according to the structure of interdependence and show that the success of an innovating firm often depends on the efforts of other innovators in its environment.
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