About us
The founding belief of the Business Ecosystem Alliance is that ecosystems are an important and growing phenomena in the life of organizations of all types, in all locations and in all sectors of activity.
Ecosystems represent potentially the best organizational model for the future of organizations.
The Business Ecosystem Alliance aims to bring together researchers, practitioners and others who are interested in better understanding how ecosystems work and how they can have a positive impact on organizations, society and the world.
In doing so, the Business Ecosystem Alliance aims to create a mutually supporting ecosystem of knowledge, research and best practice.
We are committed to the core values evident in successful ecosystems:
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.
Co-founders
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.
Thinkers50 (thinkers50.com) is the world leading platform for the very best in management thinking. Every two years it publishes its ranking of the world’s leading management thinkers and the recipients of the Thinkers50 Awards (described as ‘the Oscars of management thinking’ by the Financial Times). Thinkers50 is committed to projects globally which further knowledge and application of the very best in management ideas.
The Haier Model Research Institute is a think tank focusing on the research and promotion of the Rendanheyi model originated by the Haier Group. There is a now a global network of centres – in America, Russia, Europe and Singapore – focused on broadening awareness and knowledge of the Rendanheyi philosophy.
Founding members
Bill Fischer
Bill Fischer is Emeritus Professor of Innovation Management at IMD. He co-founded and co-directs the IMD program on Driving Strategic Innovation, in cooperation with the Sloan School of Management at…
Karolin Frankenberger
Karolin Frankenberger is a full professor in strategy and innovation at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where she is also Director of the Institute of Management and Strategy and the Academic…
Nathan Furr
Nathan Furr is a professor of strategy and innovation at INSEAD in Paris and a recognized expert in the fields of innovation and technology strategy. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University where he studied how…
Mark J. Greeven
Mark J. Greeven is a Chinese speaking Dutch professor of innovation and strategy at IMD Business School in Switzerland and a former faculty at Zhejiang University, China’s top academic…
Michael G. Jacobides
Michael G. Jacobides is the Sir Donald Gordon Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Professor of Strategy at London Business School. He is Academic Advisor to the Boston…
Raymond Hofmann
Raymond Hofmann is an independent advisor and management designer. He works with senior leadership teams to help build organizations that are fit for human beings and fit for…
Janka Krings-Klebe
Janka Krings-Klebe is co-Founder and Managing Partner at co-shift GmbH and a successful entrepreneur and author. Her expertise is based on over 20 years of industrial transformation practices in…
Alf Rehn
Alf Rehn in the professor of innovation, design, and management at the University of Southern Denmark. In addition to being a popular writer, he is globally active as a keynote speaker and…
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is the global champion of project management. He has transformed project management into one of the central issues on every CEO’s 2030 agenda. He is the…
Christian Sarkar
An author, entrepreneur, artist, and consultant, Christian Sarkar is founder of Double Loop Marketing, a marketing consultancy. He is also co-founder (with Philip Kotler) and …
Haydn Shaughnessy
Haydn Shaughnessy has been researching and analysing enterprise operating models for two decades, in particular focusing on the growth of ecosystems as an epoch-defining, operating model…
Annika Steiber
Dr. Annika Steiber has a Ph.D. in Management of Technology and has for decades worked as an entrepreneurial executive in the tech sector. Her research focuses…
Shameen Prashantham
Shameen Prashantham is Associate Dean (MBA) and Professor of International Business & Strategy at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Prior to CEIBS, he was a faculty…
Partha S. Ghosh
Dr. Partha Ghosh is a thought leader, problem solver, futurist, and inspirer in the field of business and technology. As a management consultant and a true global citizen, he has ….
James F. Moore
Dr. James F. Moore is a management scientist and a leading advocate of business ecosystems and their primary role in business performance and the world ….
Victor W. Whang
Victor W. Whang is founder and CEO of Victor & Company, an economic growth consultancy. He is founder and CEO…
Founding partners
Corporate Rebels
Founded in 2016, Corporate Rebels discovers, explores and champions innovative organizations which maximize the experience of their employees….
ECSI Consulting
Founded in 2009, the European Centre for Strategic Innovation (ECSI) is a management research centre contributing to management practices with new theories and cutting-edge ideas to help business…
Institute for Competitiveness
Institute for Competitiveness, India is the Indian knot in the global network of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School….
Outthinker
Outthinker is an innovation and growth strategy consulting firm. It organizes the Outthinker Strategy Network: a global peer network of heads of strategy from large ($1billion+) organizations…
Platformation Labs
Platformation Labs is a C-level advisory and executive education firm on platform and ecosystem strategies. Led by its founder, Sangeet Paul Choudary, the firm…
Boundaryless
Boundaryless is a world-leading platform design and organizational development agency for the age of interconnectedness and pervasive technologies….
Innovation Management Research Center
The Innovation Management Research Center (IMRC) in Southeast Asia is established under strategic partnership between the globally acclaimed Haier Model Research Institute and…
Menlo College
Menlo College is a small private undergraduate college that focuses on the practical arts of business in the entrepreneurial economy. A residential college in the heart of Silicon Valley…
42collective
We believe the world needs collaborations to accelerate the impact of societal and urgent breakthroughs not yet widely known or understood. As a collective…
