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Digital innovation in platform-based ecosystems: an evolutionary framework

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Thierry Isckia,

Mark de Reuver,

Denis LescopAuthors Info & Claims

MEDES '18: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems

Pages 149 - 156

https://doi.org/10.1145/3281375.3281377

Published: 25 September 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Creating a digital platform to leverage the potential of an ecosystem is recognized as an effective strategy to optimize innovation efforts in the digital era. In this paper, we analyze how platform-based ecosystems can ensure the commercialization of a constant flow of digital innovations. Our contribution focuses the role of platform-owners and the way they orchestrate the coupling process between two subsystems of the ecosystem: the innovation factory (IF) and the business development (BizDev). We apply a life-cycle perspective, analyzing how the relationships between platform design, value creation and knowledge are dynamically aligned. Existing accounts of ecosystem dynamics are quite scarce in the academic literature and they do not systematically acknowledge these two subsystems. By considering the two parts of ecosystems, we contribute to a better understanding of platform-based ecosystem evolution's process. Three case studies illustrate platform-owners' choices regarding the management of the coupling process.

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Digital innovation in platform-based ecosystems: an evolutionary framework
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Information system economics

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MEDES '18: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems

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ISBN:9781450356220

DOI:10.1145/3281375

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