Research into business ecosystems has rarely examined the success of business ecosystem members. Business ecosystem leaders tend to focus on their own success rather than carefully monitoring the success of business ecosystem members, and each member must find a mechanism to capture part of the business ecosystem’s joint created value. This study examines the mechanisms by which business ecosystem members capture part of a business ecosystem’s joint created value in the cases of linear tape open (LTO) ecosystems and how these mechanisms contribute to the sustainability of a business ecosystem. A case study was conducted with a review of both the author’s experience with Sony and third-party resources. We confirm the results by panel data analysis. We identified three mechanisms. First, a business ecosystem member can establish a new business ecosystem on their own through newly created complementary innovation. Essentially, a business ecosystem member can become a business ecosystem leader in a new business ecosystem. Second, a business ecosystem member gains market shares from technology leadership, the experience of mass production, and collaboration with the business ecosystem leader. Third, a business ecosystem member who creates complementary innovations can obtain patent royalties. These mechanisms help business ecosystem members stay within business ecosystems and contribute to its success and sustainability.
Business ecosystem leaders tend to focus on their own success rather than carefully monitoring the success of business ecosystem members, and each member must find a mechanism to capture value. Rarely has business ecosystem research examined the success of business ecosystem members. This study investigates the mechanisms by which business ecosystem members capture value in the business ecosystem related to different types of storage formats and how these mechanisms contribute to the sustainability of the business ecosystem. We identify two value capture mechanisms in the storage business ecosystem. First, media manufacturers, being members of the storage business ecosystem, can capture value through strong network effect in the server backup markets. They can sell a significant amount of media for every single unit of a drive sold through the strong network effect. Second, media manufacturers can capture value by selling their media repeatedly as consumables for many years. We quantitatively confirm these mechanisms using a vector autoregressive model to measure the strength of the indirect network effect. These mechanisms help business ecosystem members in staying within the business ecosystem and also contribute to the business ecosystem’s sustainability.
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