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The model of the stages for industrial business ecosystems evolution

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Fatemeh Saghafi 1
Ahmad Jafarnejad 2
Manochehr Manteghi 3
Seyyed Javad Mousavo 4

1 Associate professor of University of Tehran

2 Management Faculty, University of Tehran

3 Maleke Ashtar University

4 Management faculty, Tehran University

https://doi.org/10.22054/ims.2021.60836.1964
Abstract
The use of ecosystem metaphor in different branches of management, business, innovation and entrepreneurship, are growing increasingly. The evolution property of ecosystems has highlighted. The aim of this study is to identify the stages of the evolution of business ecosystems. The major of previous studies about ecosystem’s evolution are based on case studies and affected by context. Then they are not generalizable. In this study we present a comprehensive model for evolution stages of industrial business ecosystems by qualitative Meta synthesis approach. 16 studies are identified by literature review that they were about evolution stages. Then 105 codes were extracted and translated in 19 conceptions and a 4 stages model was presented. This model, by highlighting the value chain and industrial platforms, is a good model for industrial business ecosystems. Also industrial researchers can use it to design a pattern for a special industrial ecosystem, or they can use it for studying and evaluating of the existent industrial ecosystems.

Keywords

business ecosystem
innovation ecosystem
evolution stages
lifecycle
industrial platform
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Business Intelligence Management Studies
Volume 11, Issue 40
Autumn 2022
Pages 135-166

  • Receive Date 12 June 2021
  • Revise Date 06 September 2021
  • Accept Date 16 October 2021

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