How do keystones govern their business ecosystems through resource orchestration?

PurposeSharing resources with stakeholders is the key for keystones to govern business ecosystems successfully. However, existing research has not paid further attention to how keystones share resources under the condition of resource sufficiency and how keystones balance resource sharing with compl...

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Published in:Industrial management + data systems 2022-10, Vol.122 (9), p.1987-2011
Main Authors: Cui, Miao, Li, Wanling, Cui, Li, Jia, Yibo, Wu, Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business ecosystems
Collaboration
Competition
Environmental economics
Strategic planning
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Summary:PurposeSharing resources with stakeholders is the key for keystones to govern business ecosystems successfully. However, existing research has not paid further attention to how keystones share resources under the condition of resource sufficiency and how keystones balance resource sharing with complementors when they lack resources. Therefore, this paper aims to explore how keystones govern their business ecosystems under the conditions of resource sufficiency and resource insufficiency.Design/methodology/approachThis paper adopts the single case study method. First, by adopting Gioia coding to analyze the relevant data of the case sample, this paper obtains the key concepts of the business ecosystem governance process. Then, it establishes the relationship between the concepts by analyzing the governance process of the case sample.FindingsUnder the condition of resource sufficiency, keystones under the condition of resource sufficiency, should make full use of resources to incubate more complementors, and further integrate the resources of the business ecosystem, to create more value for their business ecosystems. Under the condition of resource insufficiency, keystones should break the boundaries of business ecosystems and acquire external resources, to meet the resource needs of complementors. Subsequently, keystones should redeploy idle resources according to the actual needs of complementors, to meet the changing resource needs of complementors.Originality/valueThis study subdivides business ecosystem governance conditions and further constructs the business ecosystem governance process model, which provides a theoretical and practical reference for business ecosystem governance.
ISSN:0263-5577
1758-5783
DOI:10.1108/IMDS-12-2021-0804