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Ecosystem Orchestration Work in the Digital Transformation of Ecosystems

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT Developing the right structure of interdependence is crucial to determining orchestrators' success in digitally transforming ecosystems and deepening value creation. Although firms' digitally transforming ecosystems represent a recent yet fast‐growing phenomenon, the current literature offers limited theoretical insights and empirical guidance on the dynamic role of orchestrators in digital transformation (DT). Hence, through a multiple case study of seven orchestrator firms and their digital ecosystems, this study introduced a framework explaining how firms digitally transform ecosystems and their structure of interdependence through multifaceted, multilevel three stages: Digital intermediation, digital envelopment, and smartification. These stages offer an alternative perspective in relation to current scholarship, which suggests that firms should pursue reducing external dependence. Building on these findings, we propose a new theoretical framework: Orchestration work in the DT of ecosystems. Implications and opportunities for further research are also discussed.

Source: R and D Management

DOI: 10.1111/radm.70022

Authors: Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos Gomes, Ximena Alejandra Flechas Chaparro, Lucas Emmanuel Nascimento Silva, Rafaela Ferreira Maniçoba, Fabio Emanuel Farago

Institution: Universidade de São Paulo

Language: English

Topic: Digital Platforms and Economics

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,620