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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cobben, Dieudonnee
• Ooms, Ward
• Roijakkers, Nadine
• Radziwon, Agnieszka

Titel

Ecosystem types: A systematic review on boundaries and goals

Ist Teil von

• Journal of business research, 2022-03, Vol.142, p.138-164

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Review on business, innovation, knowledge and entrepreneurial ecosystem presented.•Conceptual boundaries and ecosystem goals of four ecosystem types are discussed.•Systematical demarcation on the four ecosystem types is presented.•Shifts identified in ecosystem types’ goals and boundaries are discussed.•Future research agenda with practical outlook is presented. In the past few years, we have witnessed a reinvigorated interest by academics, practitioners and policymakers in the ecosystem concept. Recent reviews have set out to clarify the conceptual boundaries between ecosystem concepts. Yet there is still a lack of clarity when it comes to which ecosystem types can best help organisations achieve various goals. This systematic literature review advances our understanding of the conceptual boundaries between different ecosystems and, more importantly, identifies which types of ecosystems are suitable for achieving the goals. We focus on four commonly studied ecosystem types: business, innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge ecosystems. The key findings centre on systematically demarcating the ecosystem types by accounting for (and distinguishing between) their conceptual boundaries and goals. The results show how multifaceted ecosystem goals are and reveal several shifts in the literature on ecosystem types over time. Our review establishes a thematic agenda for future research with practical outlook.