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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The healthcare industry has long consisted of ecosystems of payors, providers, and regulators in a complex web to reach …

Over the last two years, the education industry has completely transformed in favor of an ecosystems …

Hosted by Claudio Garcia, president of the Outthinker Strategy Network and former chief strategy officer for …

Bestselling author, sought after speaker, and longtime Columbia Business School professor, Rita Gunther McGrath, is responsible for some …

Over the last ten years, major media and publishing platforms have transformed the way that consumers interact …

Jonathan Knee is a Michael T. Fries Professor of Professional Practice and Co-Director of …

Tiffani Bova began her career as a sales, marketing and customer service executive …

In the mid 2000s, when Taobao was starting to grow exponentially, Jack Ma was asked what talents were at the top of his recruiting strategy. His answer…

Management has been in thrall to Frederick Taylor and scientific management for over a century.  Now, a new era …

With corporations under pressure to be innovative and sustainable in a complex and dynamic …

I want to introduce Quantum Management Theory and argue that it is, in essence, Chinese Management Theory. Quantum Management Theory, which I first …

What does the arrival of a new CEO, Zhou Yunjie, mean for the innovative management philosophy of the …

The B2B sharing revolution is under way. By sharing wisely their resources — from industrial assets to employees and clients …

Every respectable organization is attending, building, or orchestrating some kind of innovation ecosystem, in order to solve complex …

How do you, as a corporate leader, react when your marketplace starts drifting …

The importance of startups as a source of innovation for large companies has reached a new high- point in the context of digital …

In today’s hyperconnected world organizations cannot work in isolation and need to strive to continuously enhance their customer’s …

In The Concept of the Corporation (1946), Peter Drucker warned us that the corporation is ‘in trouble because it is seen increasingly by more …