“…The initial minitrack in 2016, "Introduction to Analytics and Decision Support for Ecosystems," brought together researchers and practitioners to explore and understand ecosystems through data analytics for decision support. Papers focused on empirical studies using institutional data to reveal the dynamics of IT spending [1], large-scale social media data to reflect contagion in an interbank system [2], as well as on data gathered from social media to reveal board interlocks in game industry [3], fanbase influence in crowd funding [4], and network effects of international innovation ecosystems [5]. Questions arose about the application to management activities of insights from data analyses and case studies.…”