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2066

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Digital technologies are increasingly responsible for creating new digital environments and reshaping existing contexts. As a consequence of this pervasive digitalization, we witness the emergence of ecosystems, encompassing a variety of dispersed actors. Although research is dealing with the characterization of ecosystem roles in general, there is still a lack when it comes to understanding ecosystem role types that accurately describe the composition of ecosystems in the era of digital innovation. Therefore, we investigated the automotive ecosystem in a time period of 2012-2017. By drawing on an inductive empirical analysis, we derive a typology of ecosystem roles. In addition, we illustrate these roles by applying a network visualization. Thereby, we reveal the presence of five distinct role types including Followers, Dominators, Leaders, Intermediaries and Local Champs. Our study contributes to information system research on ecosystems by providing insights into the composition of ecosystems in the era of digital innovation.

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Dec 14th, 12:00 AM

Towards a Typology of Ecosystem Roles in the Era of Digital Innovation – An Inductive Empirical Analysis

Digital technologies are increasingly responsible for creating new digital environments and reshaping existing contexts. As a consequence of this pervasive digitalization, we witness the emergence of ecosystems, encompassing a variety of dispersed actors. Although research is dealing with the characterization of ecosystem roles in general, there is still a lack when it comes to understanding ecosystem role types that accurately describe the composition of ecosystems in the era of digital innovation. Therefore, we investigated the automotive ecosystem in a time period of 2012-2017. By drawing on an inductive empirical analysis, we derive a typology of ecosystem roles. In addition, we illustrate these roles by applying a network visualization. Thereby, we reveal the presence of five distinct role types including Followers, Dominators, Leaders, Intermediaries and Local Champs. Our study contributes to information system research on ecosystems by providing insights into the composition of ecosystems in the era of digital innovation.

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