Term | Definition | Refs. |
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Digital business ecosystem | ‘Constructed when the adoption of internet-based technologies for business is on such a level that business services and the software components are supported by a pervasive software environment, which shows an evolutionary and self-organizing behaviour’ | Peltoniemi and Vuori (2004) |
IT/ Technology ecosystem | The network of organizations that drives the delivery of information technology products and services | |
Platform ecosystem | The network of innovation to produce complements that consummate matches among users and facilitate the exchange of goods, services, or social currency, thereby enabling value creation for all participants Four types: technological platforms within firms, platforms across supply chains, multi-sided markets and industry-wide platforms | Ceccagnoli et al. (2012), Parker et al. (2016), Gawer and Cusumano (2014), Tanev et al. (2010) |
Digital ecosystem | A network of digital communities consisting of interconnected, interrelated and interdependent digital species, including stakeholders, institutions and digital devices situated in a digital environment, that interact as a functional unit and are linked together through actions, information and transaction flows | Iyawa et al. (2016) |
Innovation ecosystem | The complex relationships that are formed between actors or entities whose functional goal is to enable technology development and innovation | Oh et al. (2016) |