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INSIDE ECOSYSTEMS

Every month the Business Ecosystem Alliance will bring you a taster of the latest thinking in the field from world leading researchers and stellar practitioners.

This 45-minute session, moderated by Thinkers50’s Stuart Crainer, is available for free.

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We are committed to the core values evident in successful ecosystems:

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BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS: THE LEARNING RESOURCE

A valuable resource for all who are working to know more about ecosystems as educators, practitioners and students. 

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The Business Ecosystem Alliance will create forums for the sharing of knowledge, learning and experience on the subject of ecosystems.

We are dedicated solely to the furtherance of knowledge and understanding and working towards a better world through ecosystems.

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The Business Ecosystem Alliance is a project managed and led by Thinkers50 with support from the Haier Group. All revenue generated by the project is re-invested in events and publishing.

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Co-Innovation Platforms: How to Enable Innovation and Ecosystem Growth

A co-innovation platform provides an environment where firms can combine or recombine ideas to generate …

Thinkers50 Hall of Fame 2023

Every year, Thinkers50 inducts more members into its Hall of Fame of legendary management thinkers. These are …

Customers Onboard

Thanks to technology there are myriad of ways of gathering information on customers. Indeed, organizations have …

Ecosystems@Work

Michael Jacobides of London Business School is one of the world’s foremost authorities on what is happening …

Moore on Ecosystems

James F. Moore, author of The Death of Competition, is one of the true pioneers of the field of business …

The Zero Distance Awards 2023

At the heart of ecosystems is bridging the gap between value-creating employees and organizations with …

The World Beyond Hierarchy

Technologies such as robotics, 3D printing, IoT, Blockchain, and AI, have brought down the effort and costs …

Understanding Ecosystems to Change the Way we Work and Live

Too often conversations about ecosystems are abstract and theoretical. But, what can and must managers do to …

Making New Sense of Ecosystems

We have invited 3 of the brightest and most original thinkers on the subject of ecosystems to provide their perspective on …

Navigating the Open Ecosystem Transition: Insights from Roche Diagnostics’ Journey

In this conversation, Corinne Dive-Reclus (Global Head of Digital Diagnostics at Roche), and Simone Cicero and …

The Zero Distance Awards 2023

In 2020 the Business Ecosystem Alliance (BEA) launched the Zero Distance Awards. The awards identify and celebrate …

High Impact Ecosystems. Three Flavors. Three Strategies. Three Success Stories.

We know that engaging an ecosystem is critical for growth. But we haven’t understood the …

How to Measure Network Effects

Platform success is often driven by network effects, the phenomenon where value increases as more users join the platform and interact …

How Haier’s Antifragile Strategy succeeds amidst disruption by Janka Krings-Klebe & Jörg Schreiner

Adaptability and resilience are more than just industry jargon in today’s hypercompetitive business …

Inside Workforce Ecosystems

As technology enables new, more efficient forms of working, and roles become more project- and outcomes-based, workforces are evolving …

Why 21st century visionaries lead ecosystems, not organizations

Many organizations approach innovation incrementally. They miss out on the much bigger promise of re-aligning their …

Building Sustainable Ecosystems: Strategies for Inclusive Business Growth

Join us for an informative webinar entitled “Building Sustainable Ecosystems: Strategies for Inclusive Business Growth.” This virtual event …

Building a Product Portfolio as an Ecosystem

In this session, we bring together two leading researchers and thinkers on ecosystems with global best practice …

Choosing Where To Play in the New Ecosystem Economy

Ecosystems, you’ll recall, are communities of interconnected digital and physical businesses that work across the boundaries between traditional sectors …

The Rise Of The Ecosystem Economy

In the ecosystem age, organizations have made great strides in reconceptualizing themselves as ecological systems rather …

Thinkers50 Hall of Fame

Founded in 2009, the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame honours the legacy of an elite group of thinkers whose work …

Zero Distance Awards

The concept of Zero Distance emphasises the connection between the business and the end-user or customer. …

Beyond either/or: building organizations where efficiency and entrepreneurship happily co-exist

What are the competing priorities in your organization? Perhaps its scale versus flexibility, creativity versus discipline …

Reinventing Competitive Advantage

Nearly every major competitive strategic concept – from Porter’s Five Forces to Christensen’s Disruption …

Inside Transformation: Ge Appliances

The Haier/GE Appliances story embodies critical lessons and principles for twenty-first century business …

RDHY: The State Of The Art

The management philosophy, RenDanHeYi (RDHY) is the cornerstone of the innovative management and …

The Zero Distance Awards 2022

In 2020 the Business Ecosystem Alliance (BEA) launched the Zero Distance Awards.  The first winners included …

Mastering the competitive future

In conversation with BEA’s Stuart Crainer, Professor Chen Jin provides his unique perspective on the new …

Work in Progress

Umberto Lago has been a university professor, private and public manager, entrepreneur and …

Start-up Factory

Following up their bestselling book, Corporate Rebels, for the last two years Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree have been working …

SEVEN LEVERS TO SHAPE THE ECOSYSTEM ECONOMY

Using his expert knowledge of the energy-sector, William Malek identifies seven levers—from becoming systems savvy to focusing on …

The Ecosystem Canvas: How To Design A Business Ecosystem

Business ecosystems may have become the new buzzword in strategy discussions. But, amid the hype and hyperbole, there is often …

SETTING STANDARDS

What is the role of international standards and certification in the sharing of knowledge and the expansion of best practice in management and organizations? …

ECOSYSTEMS IN MUSIC CREATION AND PERFORMANCE

Ecosystems are frequently looked at through the lens of science, but fresh new insights can be gathered by looking at ecosystems …

Will Individual Companies Exist 50 Years from Now?

Or will business ecosystems eliminate the need for firms as we know them?

Ecosystems for Ecosystems

In spite of significant efforts toward the mitigation of climate change through Net Zero targets for individual governments and companies …

Leadership in an Ecosystem Age

While everyone today is talking about ecosystems, there are still significant opportunities that have not yet been addressed…

LEADING THE OPEN ENTERPRISE: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE

Over the past two decades, industry stalwarts and startups alike have deployed a spectrum of “open” strategies and structures …

Applying Value-Based Strategy to Leverage Ecosystems in Your Business Model

Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at…

Ecosystem Competition And The Challenge Of Our Context

James Moore, one of the pioneers of business ecosystems, provides exclusive access to his latest …

Making Sense Of Ecosystems

Kaihan Krippendorff makes sense of the new competitive reality and lessons from the pre-recorded sessions …

From Competitive Advantage To Cooperative Advantage

Thinkers50 award winners Leon Prieto and Simone Phipps champion the power of cooperative advantage to …

Corporate Co-evolution

Thierry Isckia of the Institut Mines-Télécoms and Xavier Parisot of the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation ….

The Power Of Serendipity

Modern life can feel like an endless sequence of cancelled plans, last-minute meetings and delayed ….

Winning the Right Game

Ron Adner argues that the basis of competition is changing. Rivalry is shifting from well-defined industries ….

Ecosystems for Growth

Hosted by Ecosystem Specialist Dr. Annika Steiber of Menlo College this session features globally renowned….

The Power of Questions

Ecosystems are powered by questions. What if? Why? How? And also by the questions partners, colleagues and even competitors are willing ….

Ecosystems@Work

There is a lot of theory around the idea of ecosystems, but what does it actually translate to in the organizations …

Ecosystems in Homes–Delivering a Holistic Home-buying Experience

Over the past decade, the process of purchasing and owning a home has changed for most consumers. Companies have …

Ecosystems in Staffing–Leveraging Technology to Enhance the Candidate Experience

Ecosystems have long been a staple in the staffing industry, but they have taken on a new form with the introduction …

The Power of Ecosystems ebook

The Power of Ecosystems

Making sense of the new reality for organizations.

Insights from the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners.

Ecosystems are the new reality for organizations of all shapes and sizes no matter where they are in the world. They make sense of a complex, tech-led world and enable individuals and organizations to maximise their resources to make an impact. The Business Ecosystem Alliance brings together organizations and individuals to capture best practice and the latest thinking on ecosystems. The Power of Ecosystems, curated by Stuart Crainer, brings together a unique and compelling collection of fresh thinking on ecosystems from experts throughout the world.

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