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Ecosystem as Structure: An Actionable Construct for Strategy

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Adner, Ron·2017·Journal of Management

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Over the past 20 years, the term “ecosystem” has become pervasive in discussions of strategy, both scholarly and applied. Its rise has mirrored an increasing interest and concern among both researchers and managers with interdependence across organizations and activities. This article presents a structuralist approach to conceptualizing the ecosystem construct. It presents a clear definition of the ecosystem construct, a grammar for characterizing ecosystem structure, and a characterization of the distinctive aspects of ecosystem strategy. This approach offers an explicit examination of the relationship among ecosystems and a host of alternative constructs (business models, platforms, coopetition, multisided markets, networks, technology systems, supply chains, value networks) that helps characterize where the ecosystem construct adds, and does not add, insight for the strategy literature.

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Authors: Adner, R.
Affiliations: Dartmouth College (US)
Corresponding author: Adner, Ron
ORCID: Adner, Ron
Venue: Journal of Management
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2016-11-24
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Pages: 39-58
ISSN: 0149-2063 (ISSN-L)
1557-1211
DOI: 10.1177/0149206316678451
OpenAlex: W2551675031
Cited by: 2,600
References: 59
Citations by year: 2026: 557 · 2025: 407 · 2024: 341 · 2023: 258 · 2022: 270 · 2021: 306 · 2020: 215 · 2019: 140 · 2018: 73 · 2017: 32
FWCI: 195.57
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by-nc
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (unspecified)
Locations: Journal of Management (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Topics: Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Digital Platforms and Economics
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
Keywords: ecosystem strategy, ecosystem structure, structuralist approach, business models, platforms, coopetition, multi-sided markets, value networks, supply chain, technical systems, networks

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