digital ecosystems
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My presentation on 13th of January 2009 at Finnish Digibusiness 2009 seminar at Restaurant Pörssi, Helsinki, Finland.TRANSCRIPT
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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Teemu Arina
CEO, Dicole Oy
“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
– Albert Einstein