The evolution of the disruptive ecosystem: a framework integrating disruption, ecosystems, and business models
European Journal of Innovation Management
ISSN: 1460-1060
Article publication date: 22 February 2022
Issue publication date: 29 August 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This article aims to understand the dynamics between disruptive innovations and innovation ecosystems, using disruption business models as a catalyst.
Design/methodology/approach
This study presents an integrative literature review and a theoretical framework in order to integrate the theories of disruptions and ecosystems.
Findings
The dynamics of disruptive innovation, within an ecosystem, as an essential driver of creating new markets. The effect of creative destruction from a disruption influences business models in a coopetitive dynamic that drives the ecosystem as a whole.
Research limitations/implications
Limited to theoretical research and suggested the application of the proposed model in an empirical study.
Practical implications
Understand the formation of new ecosystems based on the occurrence of a disruption as a way for organisations to prepare for the arrival of this new market.
Originality/value
The contribution of this study is based on joining the literature of disruptive innovation and innovation ecosystem, pointing to a theoretical framework and a flow of Evolution and Adaptation to the Disruptive Ecosystem that integrates this complex dynamic.
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Acknowledgements
This study was financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 88882.446574/2019-01. This paper would not have been possible without the support of the Post Graduate Program in Administration of Lavras Federal University (UFLA, Brazil). Also, the authors would like to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for the incentive words and suggestions which helped to improve the manuscript.
Citation
Silva, J.P.N. and Grützmann, A. (2023), "The evolution of the disruptive ecosystem: a framework integrating disruption, ecosystems, and business models", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 26 No. 5, pp. 1255-1270. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-07-2021-0368
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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