Abstract
Although many enterprises have been pursuing an ecosystem strategy to facilitate larger and more diverse ecosystems in recent years, there are few successful examples of conglomeration of digital ecosystems through leveraging IT/IS capabilities to align and combine diverse ecosystems. Hybrid organizing is a sound guiding theory that we adopt to examine the nature of formation process of the conglomeration. We construct a theoretical lens aligning hybridization approaches with forms of ecosystems through an organization design based on IT/IS capabilities. Guided by this lens, we conduct an in-depth case study of a successful company in China. This study reveals a process model which consists of dismissing, separating, and cumulating phases. Our findings contribute to existing body of literature, in the field of digital ecosystems and hybrid organizing. Core firms of ecosystems can use the model to design and develop digital ecosystems with rational deliberation and planning.
Recommended Citation
Ying, Wenchi and Jia, Suling, "The Formation Process towards Conglomeration of Digital Ecosystems: A Hybrid Organizing Perspective" (2017). ACIS 2017 Proceedings. 9.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2017/9