Analytical structures of innovation ecosystems
| Analytical structures | Objective | Main results |
|---|---|---|
| Granstrand and Holgersson (2020) | Analyze the various definitions of innovation ecosystems and related concepts and propose a synthesized definition of an innovation ecosystem | Twenty-one unique definitions of innovation ecosystems were identified. A generalist concept was proposed based on the main elements identified: actors, activities, artifacts, institutions, and their substitution and complementarity relationships. Such features contemplate the proposed model in an image |
| Talmar et al. (2020) | Propose a strategy tool to model (map, analyze, and design) ecosystems according to the structuralism approach (Adner, 2017) | The Ecosystem Pie Model (EPM) was developed with extensive application guidelines. The tool considers and integrates relevant ecosystem properties, such as interdependence, alignment risks, and complementarities |
| Benitez et al. (2020) | Understand how ecosystems can consolidate and evolve and how value is co-created | It provides an understanding of technology delivery in digital transformation for Industry 4.0. It follows the ecosystem approach, which considers it more appropriate than a supply chain perspective for complex interrelationships |
| Gomes et al. (2021) | Propose an understanding of the ecosystem as a meta-organization to manage collaboration, coordination, complementarity, and interdependence | The ecosystem was presented as a composite structure of necessary and not necessary attributes for its characterization. The model advances the discussion on ecosystem management by emphasizing the notion of the ecosystem as a meta-organization and describing management based on a processual, configurational, and competitive perspective |
| Dedehayir et al. (2022) | Propose a framework that defines a cast of roles and determines the timing of their entry onto the stage of ecosystem emergence, and in turn, describes the interaction of to these roles that govern emergence | It revealed a set of 15 roles that facilitate the emergence of innovation ecosystems, performed at the individual, team/group, and organizational levels. Different parts have gained prominence in other analyses carried out in recent years, and the actors who assume them bring broader conceptual applicability Since actors, their activities, and interconnections are specific to each ecosystem |
| Analytical structures | Objective | Main results |
|---|---|---|
| Analyze the various definitions of innovation ecosystems and related concepts and propose a synthesized definition of an innovation ecosystem | Twenty-one unique definitions of innovation ecosystems were identified. A generalist concept was proposed based on the main elements identified: actors, activities, artifacts, institutions, and their substitution and complementarity relationships. Such features contemplate the proposed model in an image | |
| Propose a strategy tool to model (map, analyze, and design) ecosystems according to the structuralism approach ( | The | |
| Understand how ecosystems can consolidate and evolve and how value is co-created | It provides an understanding of technology delivery in digital transformation for Industry 4.0. It follows the ecosystem approach, which considers it more appropriate than a supply chain perspective for complex interrelationships | |
| Propose an understanding of the ecosystem as a meta-organization to manage collaboration, coordination, complementarity, and interdependence | The ecosystem was presented as a composite structure of necessary and not necessary attributes for its characterization. The model advances the discussion on ecosystem management by emphasizing the notion of the ecosystem as a meta-organization and describing management based on a processual, configurational, and competitive perspective | |
| Propose a framework that defines a cast of roles and determines the timing of their entry onto the stage of ecosystem emergence, and in turn, describes the interaction of to these roles that govern emergence | It revealed a set of 15 roles that facilitate the emergence of innovation ecosystems, performed at the individual, team/group, and organizational levels. Different parts have gained prominence in other analyses carried out in recent years, and the actors who assume them bring broader conceptual applicability Since actors, their activities, and interconnections are specific to each ecosystem |
Source(s): The authors based on Granstrand and Holgersson (2020), Talmar et al. (2020), Benitez et al. (2020), Gomes et al. (2021), and Dedehayir et al. (2022)