Digital Transformation of Business Ecosystems
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems Practice in Social Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: strategic management; digital transformation
Interests: business strategies; digital transformation
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Dear Colleagues,
Business ecosystems are becoming ubiquitous in today’s economy: digital technologies have made the development of collaboration models easier than ever, enabling enterprises to connect, share resources, and innovate across boundaries. This evolution compels firms to rethink how they build partnerships, not only by adopting new instruments but also by adjusting their organizational cultures and business practices.
As business ecosystems develop in the digitalized interdependent environment, relationships between actors are becoming more sophisticated, shaped by overlapping interests, converging and diverging objectives, and a growing range of participants. The expansion of advanced digital technologies intensifies interactions between multiple actors in a multitude of evolving roles, innovators, integrators, enablers, users, complementors, and regulators, which raises the need for the strategic orchestration of business ecosystems to ensure consistency and shared growth while balancing competition and collaboration. The large-scale adoption of advanced digital instruments such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, the Internet of Things, and automation technologies reshapes how actors interact, create and capture value. Understanding these ongoing transformations is essential to capture the future impact of the digital transformation of business ecosystems.
This Special Issue seeks to compile original research that captures the present landscape and explores the emerging scenarios for business ecosystems, considering actors at different phases of their digital transformation and the diverse roles they play in this evolving environment.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and advancing the understanding and practice of this phenomenon.
Prof. Dr. Florina Pînzaru
Dr. Anagnoste Sorin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital transformation
- business ecosystem
- ecosystem governance
- coopetition
- digital technologies
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