What Are the Topics That Business Ecosystems Navigate? Updating of Scientific Activity and Future Research Agenda

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I appreciate the authors’ efforts in the extensive work concerning remote big data management tools, sensing and computing technologies, and visual perception and environment mapping algorithms in the internet of robotic things. The paper is well structured and it provides an interesting analysis of the topic:

-        The information is relatively easy to navigate, and the structure of the paper allows readers to analyze the concepts approached.

-        The Introduction provides a good background of the domain and it presents very clear the research problems investigated through this research

-        The authors bring relevant and interesting arguments to the investigated field.

However, to enhance the quality of the study, it would be wise to pay attention to several issues:

(1)   The authors should revise the manuscript for grammar and punctuation errors. For example: „The When a group of companies unite their specialized knowledge" (line1) should be reformulated.

(2)   SDGs stand for Sustainable Development Goals (as presented in line 306) and it should be corrected in lines 27-28.

(3)   The research presented in the study has been carried out using Scopus bibliographic database. However, the justification of that selection is missing. Why has the Web of Science database, regarded as more comprehensive by some scientists, not been used? In this direction, authors are advised to study and cite updated works such as below:

     Popescu, D. V., Dima, A., Radu, E., Dobrotă, E. M., & Dumitrache, V. M. (2022). Bibliometric Analysis of the Green Deal Policies in the Food Chain. Amfiteatru Economic, 24(60), 410-428.

     Dima, A., Bugheanu, A. M., Dinulescu, R., Potcovaru, A. M., Stefanescu, C. A., & Marin, I. (2022). Exploring the Research Regarding Frugal Innovation and Business Sustainability through Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability, 14(3), 1326.

(4)   The citation style (numbers between brackets) must match the requirements of the journal.

Good luck with the revision!

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Reviewer 2 Report

This is an interesting study and the paper is generally well-written and structured. However, in my opinion, the paper has some shortcomings. Below I have provided numerous remarks on the text. In several instances, I also suggest citing more relevant and recent literature.

0. Authors should reduce the detailed descriptions of the research and enhance the statements of the major results and key findings.

1. More explanation and sources of “Business Ecosystems” should be provided in the Introduction section;

2. Some recent research on Blockchain Technology should be mentioned in the Research Background section. 

3. Why the period is set as 2018-2022? Obviously, there is still more than a month left in 2022, many publications are not online yet.

4. Regarding the Blockchain technology，some new publications may be cited to show the new research trend.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102121

https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1961038

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.02.009

5. My major concern for the current manuscript is the statement "4. Limitations". The research limitations mentioned by the authors can be overcome and should be overcome in the revised edition, so that the review meets the publication requirement.

 (Scopus) --> (WOS sci/ssci; Scopus)

 (Open Access only) --> (both Open Access and Subscription Edition)

(October 2022) --> (The full text should be unified for the period)

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

All comments have been addressed well.