WS08

WS 08: Digital Platforms and Business Ecosystems

Workshop description

Digital platforms or Digital Business Ecosystems (DBE) replace vertical hierarchies and linear supply chains with a distributed and cooperative organizational model with fundamentally changed business processes. In DBEs, value creation no longer takes place within the boundaries of a single company, but is created jointly by the partners (value co-creation). Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twin, data analytics or cloud computing enable agile networking and cross-company data exchange, which are prerequisites for the design of innovative business models and resilient supply chains.

Although digital platforms and business ecosystems are widely discussed, numerous questions have not yet been adequately resolved: How can Business Ecosystems be initiated and established across industries? How is the role of the focal actor changing? What shapes value co-creation and value capture? What factors influence the success of digital platforms and DBE? How can technical and organizational barriers to data exchange between actors in a DBE be removed? How do actors position themselves strategically within DBEs? How is competition between DBEs shaping up? Are industries evolving into ecosystems of ecosystems? What might a technological maturity assessment of digital platforms and ecosystems look like?

This workshop aims to present and discuss current research results as well as innovative concepts from practice on digital platforms and business ecosystems. Interdisciplinary aspects (e.g. computer science, management & economics, engineering) are important in order to understand digital platforms and DBE with their complex structure, their processes, information technology challenges and their economic and social location.

Intended target group: The workshop brings together researchers, practitioners, and interested conference participants who want to learn about and exchange ideas on the current state of and new projects relating to Digital Platforms and Business Ecosystems.

Workshop date

Thursday 21.09.2023, 10:30 to 15:30

Format of the workshop

The aim of the workshop is to facilitate networking among the participants and to have a constructive exchange between practice and science around the topic of “Digital Platforms and Business Ecosystems”. The workshop will take place on September 21, 2023 for half a day and will include a combination of keynote presentations and interactive discussions of the submitted proposals. Participation is open to anyone registered for the conference.

Submission Process

The workshop organizer invites submissions from both researchers and practitioners that can initiate a discussion on Digital Platforms and Business Ecosystems. Interdisciplinary contributions on technologies, markets, business models, management and societal challenges as well as interesting practical problems are especially welcome.

Format:

• Scholarly Contributions: Extended Abstract (max. 1,000 words core text (excluding figures and literature sources).
• Practice contributions: Brief outline of the company and the project (max. 1.000 words).

Language: German or English

Workshop papers are not part of the conference proceedings; if there is sufficient interest, an anthology may be produced including extended version of the submissions.

Deadlines & Dates

• Submission deadline: July 15, 2023
• Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2023

The submission should be sent by e-mail to sabine.baumann@offis.de  with the subjectline: WI2023 + title of the contribution.

Note: At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop.

Registration

Workshop registration takes place as part of the conference registration via the ConfTool conference system and is included in the conference fees.

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Organizers

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