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Summary of the special issue papers

Paper	Ecosystem	Research question	Perspective, framework, model	Research method	Key findings
Cui et al. (2022)	Business ecosystem	How do keystones govern their business ecosystems through resource orchestration under the conditions of resource sufficiency and resource insufficiency?	Resource orchestration perspective	Single case study	A keystone's resource-focused actions within its business ecosystem could be incubating and integrating as guided by a keystone strategy or acquiring and redeploying as guided by an adapting strategy The required capabilities to govern a business ecosystem differ with resource condition. Efficiency (flexibility) capability is required for the condition of resource sufficiency (insufficiency)
Fan et al. (2022)	Green innovation ecosystem	Which topics in green innovation research can be discussed from the emergent innovation ecosystem perspective?	Innovation ecosystem perspective	Systematic literature review, content analysis	Prior studies on green innovation mainly adopt a foal firm view while investigating actors from an ecosystem perspective may offer a new path for research This study develops a framework of green innovation ecosystem, which includes direct and not-direct value creators and goes beyond the simply dyadic relationships, thus highlighting several promising research directions
Li et al. (2022a, b)	Digital innovation ecosystem	What are the appropriate stakeholder collaboration strategies to improve risk prevention performance in a digital innovation ecosystem?	TOE framework	Systematic literature review, network analysis, simulation	This study validates the positive effect of stakeholder collaboration on risk prevention performance and reveals the importance of network reachability in formulating collaboration strategies The strategy of strong–strong collaboration strategy can best enhance risk prevention performance in a digital innovation ecosystem
Liang et al. (2022)	Innovation ecosystem	How can a focal firm manage complementors in an innovation ecosystem to create competitive advantages?	Grounded theory	Multiple case study	This study reveals four generic strategies to manage complementors The focal firm engages functional complementors and collaborates with infrastructural complementors when the level of interdependence is high The focal firm acquires functional complementors and nurtures infrastructural complementors when the level of interdependence is low
Zhang et al. (2022)	Innovation ecosystem	Is the ecosystem organization superior to vertically integrated organizations in terms of innovation performance? How do different structures of technological interdependency influence innovation performance?	NKC model	Computational experiment	Integrated firms with centralized search demonstrate stable and consistent performance across different structures of technological interdependency Ecosystems outperform integrated firms when the products exhibit modular or nearly-modular structures
Zhou et al. (2022)	Technology standard alliance ecosystem	How does the focal firm of a multinational technology standard alliance ecosystem engage different actors to participate in co-creation practice, achieve product collaborative innovation and reciprocal standard cooperation?	Extended resource-based view	Single case study	Value co-creation dominated by the focal firm is embodied in the synergy of actor engagement and resource interaction, which mirror the mutual benefits and sustainable innovation of the alliance ecosystem The standards co-development and achievement sharing deepen the process of multi-actor engagement

Paper	Ecosystem	Research question	Perspective, framework, model	Research method	Key findings
Cui et al. (2022)	Business ecosystem	How do keystones govern their business ecosystems through resource orchestration under the conditions of resource sufficiency and resource insufficiency?	Resource orchestration perspective	Single case study	A keystone's resource-focused actions within its business ecosystem could be incubating and integrating as guided by a keystone strategy or acquiring and redeploying as guided by an adapting strategy The required capabilities to govern a business ecosystem differ with resource condition. Efficiency (flexibility) capability is required for the condition of resource sufficiency (insufficiency)
Fan et al. (2022)	Green innovation ecosystem	Which topics in green innovation research can be discussed from the emergent innovation ecosystem perspective?	Innovation ecosystem perspective	Systematic literature review, content analysis	Prior studies on green innovation mainly adopt a foal firm view while investigating actors from an ecosystem perspective may offer a new path for research This study develops a framework of green innovation ecosystem, which includes direct and not-direct value creators and goes beyond the simply dyadic relationships, thus highlighting several promising research directions
Li et al. (2022a, b)	Digital innovation ecosystem	What are the appropriate stakeholder collaboration strategies to improve risk prevention performance in a digital innovation ecosystem?	TOE framework	Systematic literature review, network analysis, simulation	This study validates the positive effect of stakeholder collaboration on risk prevention performance and reveals the importance of network reachability in formulating collaboration strategies The strategy of strong–strong collaboration strategy can best enhance risk prevention performance in a digital innovation ecosystem
Liang et al. (2022)	Innovation ecosystem	How can a focal firm manage complementors in an innovation ecosystem to create competitive advantages?	Grounded theory	Multiple case study	This study reveals four generic strategies to manage complementors The focal firm engages functional complementors and collaborates with infrastructural complementors when the level of interdependence is high The focal firm acquires functional complementors and nurtures infrastructural complementors when the level of interdependence is low
Zhang et al. (2022)	Innovation ecosystem	Is the ecosystem organization superior to vertically integrated organizations in terms of innovation performance? How do different structures of technological interdependency influence innovation performance?	NKC model	Computational experiment	Integrated firms with centralized search demonstrate stable and consistent performance across different structures of technological interdependency Ecosystems outperform integrated firms when the products exhibit modular or nearly-modular structures
Zhou et al. (2022)	Technology standard alliance ecosystem	How does the focal firm of a multinational technology standard alliance ecosystem engage different actors to participate in co-creation practice, achieve product collaborative innovation and reciprocal standard cooperation?	Extended resource-based view	Single case study	Value co-creation dominated by the focal firm is embodied in the synergy of actor engagement and resource interaction, which mirror the mutual benefits and sustainable innovation of the alliance ecosystem The standards co-development and achievement sharing deepen the process of multi-actor engagement