Over the past three decades, platform competition—the competition between firms that
facilitate transactions and govern interactions between two or more distinct user groups who …

The concept of innovation ecosystems has become popular during the last 15 years, leading
to a debate regarding its relevance and conceptual rigor, not the least in this journal. The …

Firms are faced with increased dynamism due to rapid technological development,
digitalization, and sustainability requirements, creating novel opportunities for ecosystem …

This article reviews the rapidly growing domain of global value chain (GVC) research by
analyzing several highly cited conceptual frameworks and then appraising GVC studies …

Organizations are simultaneously embedded in interorganizational networks and
ecosystems, yet research on networks and ecosystems developed in isolation. The aim of …

Research Summary: The recent surge of interest in “ecosystems” in strategy research and
practice has mainly focused on what ecosystems are and how they operate. We complement …

We analyze the role and effect of ecosystem leadership understood as the exercise of effort
towards others with the purpose of establishing and maintaining an ecosystem around a …

In the last few years, leading-edge research from information systems, strategic
management, and economics have separately informed our understanding of platforms and …

In order for firms to implement the Circular Economy, and close all material and energy
cycles, connections are needed not only within but also between multiple Industrial …

The emergence of digital platforms and ecosystems (DPE) as a venue for value creation and
capture for multinational enterprises holds considerable implications for the theory and …