Digital Transformation and Open Innovation for Business Ecosystems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 332
Special Issue Editors
Interests: innovation; business ecosystems; business platforms; electronic commerce
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Dear Colleagues,
Business ecosystems have an important role in the contemporary society and the cores and/or platforms of business ecosystems are nowadays often structured by digital technologies. Therefore, the acceleration of the digital transformation ignited by COVID-19 has unlocked opportunities for new business ecosystems, in which the emergence of open innovation can generally be observed. The outcomes of such open innovation can influence the sustainability of the business ecosystems; yet, research of business ecosystems from the aspect of sustainability that remains relevant to the digital transformation, open innovation, and combination thereof remains underdeveloped.
The aim of this Special Issue is to explore new aspects of and knowledge on sustainability for business ecosystems, especially from the aspects of the digital transformation and open innovation. In this Special Issue, broad topics relating these themes are welcome, including original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include, but are not limited to:
- How the digital transformation improves/erodes the sustainability of business ecosystems;
- The occurrence of open innovation in business ecosystems and how this relates to sustainability;
- The sustainable aspects of open innovation ecosystems;
- The sustainability of digital platform ecosystems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yuki Inoue
Prof. Dr. Naoshi Uchihira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- business ecosystems
- platform ecosystems
- innovation ecosystems
- digital transformation
- open innovation
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