The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms
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Resumo: | Ecosystem management (EM) encompasses all the activities required to design and manage ecosystems for distributed value creation. Although the literature represents a growing body of knowledge on the unique challenges related to operating within an ecosystem, there is a limited understanding of EM from an organisational perspective, including its general purpose (mandate and theoretical reasons), structures, boundaries, and roles. Through a rich inductive case study of five business-to-business (B2B) firms, we examine EM as a function to address the interplay among the ecosystem, systemic innovation (a digital platform), and the focal firm. Our results indicate that the EM function entails managing multilevel configuration co-evolution (organisation, ecosystem, and platform), ecosystem regulation (strategically changing such configurations through increases or decreases in the ecosystem's stability), and ecosystem learning (learning orchestration and progressive learning). Based on these findings, we propose a new theoretical framework for EM: the EM function. Our study contributes to B2B ecosystem research by increasing the empirical knowledge and theoretical understanding of EM. |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firmsConfigurationEcosystem managementLearningOrganisational functionPlatformRegulationEcosystem management (EM) encompasses all the activities required to design and manage ecosystems for distributed value creation. Although the literature represents a growing body of knowledge on the unique challenges related to operating within an ecosystem, there is a limited understanding of EM from an organisational perspective, including its general purpose (mandate and theoretical reasons), structures, boundaries, and roles. Through a rich inductive case study of five business-to-business (B2B) firms, we examine EM as a function to address the interplay among the ecosystem, systemic innovation (a digital platform), and the focal firm. Our results indicate that the EM function entails managing multilevel configuration co-evolution (organisation, ecosystem, and platform), ecosystem regulation (strategically changing such configurations through increases or decreases in the ecosystem's stability), and ecosystem learning (learning orchestration and progressive learning). Based on these findings, we propose a new theoretical framework for EM: the EM function. Our study contributes to B2B ecosystem research by increasing the empirical knowledge and theoretical understanding of EM.School of Economics Business Administration and Accounting University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908, SPProduction Engineering Department Campus Itapeva São Paulo State University (Unesp), Rua Geraldo Alckmin, 519, SPProduction Engineering Department Polytechnic School University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 1380, SPProduction Engineering Department Campus Itapeva São Paulo State University (Unesp), Rua Geraldo Alckmin, 519, SPUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Gomes, Leonardo Augusto de VasconcelosFacin, Ana Lucia Figueiredo [UNESP]Leal, Lorena FernandesZancul, Eduardo de SenziSalerno, Mario SergioBorini, Felipe Mendes2022-04-29T08:39:53Z2022-04-29T08:39:53Z2022-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article465-487http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2021.12.015Industrial Marketing Management, v. 102, p. 465-487.0019-8501http://hdl.handle.net/11449/23042610.1016/j.indmarman.2021.12.0152-s2.0-85124969783Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengIndustrial Marketing Managementinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-04-29T08:39:53Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/230426Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462022-04-29T08:39:53Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms Gomes, Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos Configuration Ecosystem management Learning Organisational function Platform Regulation |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms |
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The emergence of the ecosystem management function in B2B firms |
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Gomes, Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos |
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Gomes, Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos Facin, Ana Lucia Figueiredo [UNESP] Leal, Lorena Fernandes Zancul, Eduardo de Senzi Salerno, Mario Sergio Borini, Felipe Mendes |
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Facin, Ana Lucia Figueiredo [UNESP] Leal, Lorena Fernandes Zancul, Eduardo de Senzi Salerno, Mario Sergio Borini, Felipe Mendes |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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Gomes, Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos Facin, Ana Lucia Figueiredo [UNESP] Leal, Lorena Fernandes Zancul, Eduardo de Senzi Salerno, Mario Sergio Borini, Felipe Mendes |
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Configuration Ecosystem management Learning Organisational function Platform Regulation |
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Configuration Ecosystem management Learning Organisational function Platform Regulation |
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Ecosystem management (EM) encompasses all the activities required to design and manage ecosystems for distributed value creation. Although the literature represents a growing body of knowledge on the unique challenges related to operating within an ecosystem, there is a limited understanding of EM from an organisational perspective, including its general purpose (mandate and theoretical reasons), structures, boundaries, and roles. Through a rich inductive case study of five business-to-business (B2B) firms, we examine EM as a function to address the interplay among the ecosystem, systemic innovation (a digital platform), and the focal firm. Our results indicate that the EM function entails managing multilevel configuration co-evolution (organisation, ecosystem, and platform), ecosystem regulation (strategically changing such configurations through increases or decreases in the ecosystem's stability), and ecosystem learning (learning orchestration and progressive learning). Based on these findings, we propose a new theoretical framework for EM: the EM function. Our study contributes to B2B ecosystem research by increasing the empirical knowledge and theoretical understanding of EM. |
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