digital ecosystems

CEO Teemu Arina, Dicole Ltd.January 2009

Digitalecosystems

The digital ecosystem is defined as an open, loosely coupled self-organising agents’ environment, where each species is proactive and responsive for its own benefit or profit (IEEE

2009). Digital technologies catalyze ecosystemic processes.

Multidisciplinary term

Naturalsciences

Computersciences

Socialsciences

■Games■Agents■Actors■Systems

■Algorithms■Turing Machines■Networking■ Interaction

■Evolution■Development■Autocatalytic cycles■Symbiosis

Digital Ecosystem =

Related terms

open innovation

information ecosystem value network

media ecologysemantic webbusiness ecology web 2.0 complex systems

collective intelligence

peer productioncrowdsourcingsocial computing

ecology social network social media

cluster

Digitalecosystem

Knowledge work

Globalization 2.0

Energy crisis

Net generation

Open innovation

Mass customization

Distributed knowledge

Networked learning

Digital lifestyle

Networksociety

Climate change

Resource scarcity

Digitalconvergence

Mobility

Population growth

Social media

Ubiquitoustechnology

Culturaldiversity

Megatrends

Real-time economy

IT

Telecom MediaEntertainm

ent

Users Companies Government

Digitalecosystem

Ref:

DE players according to WEF

Industry controlled & led

Organic &community led

Open

Closed

Dig

ital b

usin

ess

envi

ronm

ent

Social & economic value creation

Safe Havens

MiddleKingdoms

Youniverse

Ref:

DE scenarios 2015

Corebusiness

Extended enterprise

Business ecology

Customers Customer’scustomers

Subcontractors Supply chainproviders

Trade associations

Investors

Government regulatorsCompetitors

Otherstakeholders

Unions

Ref: James F. Moore

Cooperativepartners

Roles in the ecosystem

CatalysatorIncreases chances of survival by supporting the growth of a living and functioning ecosystem.

DictatorAims to own and control a large portion of the ecosystem.

MilkerExtracts more value from the ecosystem rather than contributing back.

Niche playerBuilds specialized services & niche skills, which help the actor to differentiate from others.

Informal Network Roles■Connectors■Boundary Spanners■Experts■Bridges■Gatekeepers

Intelligence Activities■Aggregation■Transfer■Sensemaking

Ref: Yukika Awazu (2004)

Collaborative Innovation Network (COIN)

Connectivity

Interactivity

Sharing

COIN

Ref: Peter A. Gloor (2004)

WebsiteEmailE-business &commenrce

Distributedworking

environments

Digitalecosystems

Com

munication

Visibility

Business integration

Virtuality

Crow

dsourcing &

cooperation

Digitalization of business operations

Opportunities & sophistication

EcosystemGadget(1) Let’s make a plan(2) Let’s build the machine

(1) Creating fruitful conditions(2) Nurture like a garden

From gadget to ecosystem

Diversity of content

Diversity of combination

symbiosis

Diversity of organisms

Diversity of (content+

combination)

Autopoiesis(Varela, Maturana)

ReproducingSelf-organizing

Self-organizing

Autopoiesis as a target

Ref: Paolo Dini (2007)

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