Q&A. Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research: Where Are We Now and How Do We Move Forward?

Networks, ecosystems, fields, market systems? Making sense of the business environment

“… Aarikka-Stenroos et al, 2014 ; Aarikka-Stenroos & Ritala, 2017 ; Dhanaraj & Parkhe, 2006 ; Frels et al, 2003 ; Henneberg et al, 2006 ; Håkansson & Ford, 2002 ; Håkansson & Snehota, 1995 ; Håkansson & Waluszewski, 2002 ; Medlin & Törnroos, 2014 ; Möller, 2013 ; Möller & Halinen, 2017 ; Möller and Svahn, 2006 , Möller and Svahn, 2009 ; Möller & Rajala, 2007 ; Möller et al, 2005 ; Pisano & Verganti, 2008 ; Ritter et al, 2004 . Aarikka-Stenroos & Ritala, 2017 ; Adner, 2006 , Adner, 2012 , Adner, 2017 ; Adner & Kapoor, 2010 ; Autio & Thomas, 2014 ; Dattée et al, 2018 ; Engel, 2015 ; Frow et al, 2016 ; Gawer & Cusumano, 2002 ; Iansiti & Levien, 2004 ; Jacobides et al, 2018 ; Lundvall, 2007 ; Partanen & Möller, 2012 ; Ritala & Gustafsson, 2018 ; Talmar et al, 2018 ; Thomas et al, 2014 . Alvarez & Barney, 2007 ; Andersson et al, 2008 ; Araujo, 2007 ; Araujo et al, 2010 ; Baker & Nenonen, 2020 ; Callon, 1998 ; Geiger et al, 2012 ; Kindström et al, 2018 ; Kjellberg et al, 2012 , Kjellberg et al, 2015 ; Kjellberg and Helgesson, 2006 , Kjellberg and Helgesson, 2007 ; …”

“… The popular ecosystem metaphor enjoys wide use: e.g., business/innovation ecosystems, entrepreneurial ecosystems, platform ecosystems, and service ecosystems ( Aarikka-Stenroos & Ritala, 2017 ). Disciplinary basis and core constructs The proliferation of uses involves conceptual ambiguity; ecosystem constructs closely resemble such other system-level approaches as fields, clusters, networks, and platforms ( Adner, 2017 ; Ritala & Gustafsson, 2018 ). Most of the management-oriented ecosystem literature is very pragmatic, borrowing mainly from strategy, technology management, and innovation literatures (e.g., Adner, 2012 ; Gawer & Cusumano, 2002 ; Iansiti & Levien, 2004 ).…”

Ecosystem Value Creation and Capture: A Systematic Review of Literature and Potential Research Opportunities

“…However, the contributions are mainly fragmented, where scholars have addressed different themes involving 'ecosystem value creation and capture' (EVCC). Reasons for such fragmentation could include a lack of adequate understanding of the concepts in collaborative networks of innovative organizations (Chesbrough, et al, 2018), complexity of interactions in ecosystems (Ben Letaifa, 2014;Ritala & Almpanopoulou, 2017), and overall ambiguity in the exact structure of ecosystems (Ben Letaifa, 2014;Ritala & Gustafsson, 2018). Furthermore, as it pertains to collaborative networks of innovative firms, the concepts of 'value creation' and 'value capture' have been addressed with ambiguities regarding value perspectives (Chesbrough et al, 2018).…”

Strategy for diversification of enterprises in the service sector: two-factor model “consumer-market”

“…Formation and development of local business systems, which have their own goals and objectives of development, determined by social and market conditions, resource potential and strategy. In this case, the service sector and its diversification may be associated with the solution of related commercial and social problems in a certain area (ARNTZ; GREGORY; ZIERAHN, 2017; MOTOYAMA, KNOWLTON, 2016;QIAN, JUNG, 2017;RITALA, GUSTAFSSON, 2018).…”