ecosystem
Task 1 (Midterm) Description
This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.
Individual Report
Digital Economy Ecosystems
The students will decide on an enterprise ecosystem that they will examine for the whole semester.
Can be any enterprise ecosystem.
Decision by groups will save you time.
Note your groups and enterprises here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10NSbTvQhvtoOl_cjp7XG1ioPCDSk6QjQjZQdW6zj7yM/edit#gid=0
1. SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL CASE
2. READ THE ARTICLE
Senyo, P. K., Liu, K., Effah, J. (2019). Digital business ecosystem: Literature review and a framework for future research. International Journal of Information Management, 47, 52-64.
3. CHOOSE A TOPIC FROM TABLE 2 RESEARCH THEMES
| Selective codes | Axial codes |
| Business issues | DBE alliances Network analysis Value co-creation DBE governance and legal issues Trust, risk and security Knowledge development, dissemination and management DBE strategies and process management |
| Technical issues | DBE platform design DBE process and service design DBE technologies DBE architecture DBE systems integration and interoperability |
| DBE Conceptualisation | DBE development and management DBE projects DBE genesis and properties |
| DBE artefact | DBE methodologies DBE frameworks DBE models DBE modelling languages |
Your aim is to find a good paper that includes relatable information about
your selected topic
your selected enterprise
4. MAKE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET
How will you do the search?
Assume that
your selected topic is value co-creation and
your selected enterprise is Airbnb
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/
Select the articles by
Reading the abstracts, or
Downloading a selected group and deciding after you read them all.
Brief synopsis of the basics of the paper: theoretical argument, major propositions/hypotheses, research methods (if empirical), main empirical results, theoretical and empirical implications of the study. (25 pts)
Student’s assessment of strengths and weaknesses of the paper (25 pts)
Definition of student’s selected topic and the relevance of this paper to student’s selected topic (25 pts)
Definition of student’s selected enterprise ecosystem case (components, frames, stakeholders and the relationship between them) and the relevance of this paper to student’s selected case (25 pts)
The report should cover all questions.
Equal weight between parts.
Deficiencies in formalities will mean grade loss.
Task 1 and Task 2 enterprises do not have to be the same.
5. WRITING THE REPORT
Task 2 (Final) Description
This task is a 60% of your total grade for this subject.
Group Presentation (with individual report)
Digital Economy Ecosystems
If you have already decided on your group in the first Task, you have already done this part.
Otherwise:
Go to the link and choose among the determined groups, if there are empty places.
If you wish to work on a different enterprise not selected already, write down your selected case name in a new line and wait for others to come.
Individual cases are not accepted.
All groups have to consist of at least three people.
1. SELECTION OF GROUP CASE
| 15 | Ecosystem mapping of the selected enterprise |
| 15 | Introduction of stakeholders and their relation to the selected ecosystem |
| 30 | Personal Assessments of the selected ecosystem architecture and management Positive remarks on ecosystem architecture and management (10 pts) The problems encountered in the ecosystem. (Which problems are not resolved within the ecosystem? What are the risk factors? What could be the reasons for not applying better implementations? etc.) (10 pts) How this ecosystem could be improved. (Which value generation models could be added? Which stakeholders are needed to counter the missing linkages? What type of relationships should be established to cover the pain points? etc.) (10 pts) |
| 20 | Definition and mapping a final NEW ecosystem that you develop with personal additions of stakeholders, layers, digital workspaces, technology and platforms This part must be a result of findings in personal assessments section. (Map: 5, Definition: 10 pts) |
| 5 | Outsider contribution. Each presentation will be discussed by remaining students in the class. You earn points to your group by asking questions and joining the discussion on other groups’ work. |
| 15 | Final report of the presentation (Should cover the presentation topics, submitted in groups) |
2. PRESENTATION TOPICS
The case study presentation includes:
The presentation should cover all questions and must be a product of groupwork.
Use your visual and architectural talent in mapping and describing.
Control for the weight of diverse parts. You can manage this by checking on the points.
Equal share between group members.
Deficiencies in formalities will mean grade loss.
Outsider contribution will gain you points. Listen to other group’s presentations, the more questions you ask, the higher points your group will receive.
All group members will receive the same grade except for individual report of presentation.
3. ABOUT THE PRESENTATION