Network management in the era of ecosystems: Systematic review and management framework

Ecosystem Value Creation and Capture: A Systematic Review of Literature and Potential Research Opportunities

“…It extends the existing literature on the intersection of ecosystems, value creation and capture, and strategy by synthesizing the contributions on EVCC. Although other scholars have previously conducted systematic literature reviews on the co-evolution of ecosystems (Makinen & Dedehayir, 2012), roles of different actors in the start-up phase of ecosystems (Dedehayir et al, 2018), empirical research in ecosystems (Järvi & Kortelainen, 2017), varieties of ecosystems and their invariants (Scaringella & Radziwon, 2017), service ecosystems (Kohtamaki & Rajala, 2016) and, terminologies and concepts used in ecosystem literature (Aarikka-Stenroos & Ritala, 2017;Alvedalen & Boschma, 2017;Oh et al, 2016;Ritala & Almpanopoulou, 2017;Stam, 2015), there has not yet been an attempt to organize and synthesize the various different studies that have focussed on and proven relevant to EVCC. Furthermore, this study contributes to theoretical knowledge by ushering forward into view some of the potential avenues for future research in ecosystems and EVCC.…”

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“…In addition, the added features of the newer version provide the researchers with additional output and reporting tools, such as data required for statistical significance calculations, as well as word clouds and various illustrations showing document counts that may illuminate the contents and development of the identified topics in a richer and more accurate manner, and allow for a more descriptive discussion. tion ecosystems" and "entrepreneurial ecosystems" are increasingly studied across the management, marketing, and policy realms (Aarikka-Stenroos & Ritala, 2017;Adner, 2007;Ansari et al, 2016;Autio et al, 2018;Clarysse et al, 2014;Dattée et al, 2018;Scaringella & Radziwon, 2017;Spiegel, 2017;Tsujimoto et al, 2017), the research field is rather scattered and involves diverse views and approaches to the topic. To this end, we chaired a professional development workshop titled "Fostering Rigor in Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research: Concepts, Methods and Theory" at the 2017 Academy of Management Annual Conference.…”

“…This is important given the regulative and normative relevance of context for any actor, organization, and collective (Suddaby et al, 2010;Zietsma et al, 2017). For instance, several scholars have suggested that any analysis of innovation and entrepreneurship in an ecosystem context should include the understanding of institutions and institutionalization (Aarikka-Stenroos & Ritala, 2017;Autio et al, 2018;Vargo et al, 2015). Other, less popular options included the two alternative approaches to studying ecosystems: examination of the complete set of actors or studying a specified set of actors.…”

Theory and practice of brand co-creation

“…Chapter 5: The business-to-business environment is much richer in interactions and collaborations between company, stakeholders and brand than the business-to-consumer area (Kohtamäki and Rajala, 2016). A main focus of current research in industrial marketing is the inherent tendency in that market setting to 'organise' co-creators into networks (Aarikka-Stenroos and Ritala, 2017). Nevertheless, knowledge of the industrial brand co-creation process is sparse, so Chapter 5 contributes to the field first by extending the few existing insights into industrial brand co-creation.…”

“…First, that the topic of customer integration and collaboration in co-creating products or services is more prevalent in B2B than in B2C (Hingley et al, 2015;Kohtamäki and Rajala, 2016) and also that the notion of co-creation of (service) value in business markets is well established in the literature (Marcos-Cuevas et al, 2016;Vargo and Lush, 2011). Second, one essential factor in brand co-creation is the 'organisation' of co-creators into networks (Vallaster and von Wallpach, 2013) or ecosystems in which the ongoing negotiations take place (Gyrd- Jones and Kornum, 2013), discussion of which is dominant in B2B, lies in the nature of industrial markets, and is a current pillar of research in industrial marketing (Aarikka-Stenroos and Ritala, 2017;Forkmann et al, 2018;Möller and Halinen, 2017;Pagani and Pardo, 2017). Third, a consequence of the focus on B2C is that the bulk of research studies of co-creation is concerned with product brands, although the notion of many different stakeholders seems especially relevant to corporate branding (Balmer, 1995(Balmer, , 2012Roper and Davies, 2007) and despite the fact that corporate branding is often most important in B2B marketing (Leek and Christodoulides, 2011;Mudambi, 2002) on account of product variations, shorter product life cycles or the production of customised products (Baumgarth, 2010).…”