eBRC Research Report 18

Business Ecosystem - a Conceptual Model of an Organization Population from the Perspectives of Complexity and Evolution

Mirva Peltoniemi

This report investigates the modelling of an organisation population of which knowledge-intensive service organisations form an important part. A conceptual model of the behaviour and development of an organisation population is constructed based on three overlapping theoretical bases, namely complexity, evolutionary economics and business ecosystem. This research is conducted in an explorative manner as a literature review and conceptual analysis.

The conceptual model constructed in this research emphasises the dynamics that follow on the one hand from conscious choice and limited knowledge of an individual organisation and on the other hand from the interconnectedness and feedback loops of an organisation population. Conscious choice, limited knowledge, interconnectedness and feedback loops result in a nondeterministic, nonlinear and unpredictable future constructed by the organisations.

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e-Business Research Center eBRC
Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere

Published by
Tampere University of Technology (TUT) and
University of Tampere (UTA)

Printed edition ISSN 1459-0158 ISBN 952-15-1340-3 (TUT) 951-44-6260-2 (UTA)	Electronic edition ISSN 1459-0166 ISBN 952-15-1341-1 (TUT) 951-44-6261-0 (UTA)

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