Initiating a Minimum Viable Ecosystem for Circularity

To achieve a transformation toward the circular economy, organizations need to take an ecosystem perspective and consider multiple complementary actors that are needed to deliver circularity as a collective outcome. However, practitioners and scholars lack an understanding of the initial phases of ecosystem creation, in terms of how to get...

Mix to the Max or Max to the Mix?: Research by design into how spatial qualities and characteristics shape the future of mixed-use business parks in the Province of South-Holland

The Province of South-Holland is one of the fastest-growing regions of the Netherlands. The metropolitan provides employment opportunities, has an (inter) national mobility network, and houses densely urbanised landscapes. Because of these benefits, the population keeps increasing. This reflects the need for an addition of 200.000 dwellings in...

Ecosystem transformation for digital servitization: A systematic review, integrative framework, and future research agenda

Manufacturing firms are increasingly seeking to capture the potential of digitalization by transforming towards digital servitization. Yet, most manufacturers struggle to realize the value through digital servitization because it requires a sustained focus on forming ecosystem partnerships. Digital servitization research has long recognized the...

Vertical Farming in the Netherlands: Towards a Circular Food System: A Business Ecosystem Perspective

The world’s current food system is unsustainable and considering the increasing human population, there is a demand for innovations in the circular food production. Simultaneously, food security be­ comes a topic of interest as greenhouse gasses cause more extreme weather conditions. Vertical farming potentially plays a vital role in the food...

Ecosystems in transition: Designing collaborative ecosystems to accelerate transitions

In the current moment in time, there are large societal transitions happening, such as the transition to sustainable energy or the transition towards a circular economy. Design-led transitions are societal transitions towards more sustainable futures, led by designers (Irwin, 2015). These transitions help us to move towards a more sustainable...

A circular business ecosystem approach towards achieving high value use of salvaged building materials in the Dutch built environment: The case of Dutch demolition contractors

Like Industrial Ecology research makes use of the analogy between closed-loop systems in nature and material flows in the economy, business ecosystem literature uses the analogy of ecosystems to explain cross-industry cooperative behavior. Regarding the Circular Economy transition, a circular business ecosystem can be defined as ‘a set of actors...

Establishing Business Ecosystems for Smart Living services: A case study on how to improve the robustness of the underlying networked Business Model

Smart Living falls under the broader rubric of Internet of Things (IoT) and is described as a residence with connected technologies that are able to anticipate and respond to occupants’ emotional, rational, social, economic, and physical needs. Because Smart Living services have a networked nature, collaboration between actors in the business...

Digital innovation in platform-based ecosystems: An evolutionary framework

Creating a digital platform to leverage the potential of an ecosystem is recognized as an effective strategy to optimize innovation efforts in the digital era. In this paper, we analyze how platform-based ecosystems can ensure the commercialization of a constant flow of digital innovations. Our contribution focuses the role of platform-owners...

Blockchain Technology in the Energy Ecosystem: An explorative study on the disruptive power of blockchain technology in the Dutch energy Ecosystem

Today’s energy system has originally been developed based on central energy production and a passive consumer, whose interests have to be represented by the energy suppliers and distribution system operators. However, the industry is quickly changing. The share of renewable energy is growing, and consumers are increasingly involved in the...

An approach for businesses to increase customer's willingness to share personal information online: A case in the airline industry

Double degree of Master of Science in Science Communication & Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis, and Management / SEPAM: Technology Policy and Management / Department: Engineering, Systems and Services + SEC: Applied Physics / Department: Science Communication - In the era of digital communication, the relationship between businesses and...

A business model for the introduction of home energy management services in the Netherlands

The role of power equipment companies in shaping the industrial Microgrid in the Dutch context

The objective of this research is to map the development of the innovative system, the industrial Microgrid, in the Dutch context. Furthermore, a recommendation is formed for power equipment companies regarding the role they can play in shaping the development of the industrial Microgrid in the Netherlands. A new analytical framework is...

Relationship governance in mobile ecosystems: The case of mobile application developers

Business ecosystems governance: A framework for tackling complex systems

This document is the final Master Thesis Dissertation of Alexios Pagkozidis during academic year 2011-2013. It describes the findings of the research related to Business Ecosystem Innovation Governance for Smart Living platforms. The research was done with collaboration of Delft University of Technology and TP Vision B.V.. This work is part of...