This paper aims to provide an explanatory representation of the concept of ecosystem by mean of a systemic review of a selected sample of research papers hinged on the study of ecosystems in the field of management and business. Reviewed papers were selected according to a multistep process and the following criteria: 1) coverage of a comprehensive range of business and management-related peer-reviewed journals chosen from Scopus database; 2) timeframe of the investigated topic restricted to the period 1993-2019; 3) papers mainly focused on providing a general framework on ecosystems drawn from research. This paper represents an attempt to give a systemic representation of the existing research on the definition of ecosystem. This study has implications not only for researchers, but also for business practitioners. By means of this literature review it is possible to properly interpret, according to the criteria selected, the concept of ecosystem as depicted in the field of management and business.
Il presente contributo si propone di fornire una rappresentazione esplicativa del concetto di ecosistema attraverso una revisione sistemica di un campione selezionato di articoli di ricerca imperniati sullo studio degli ecosistemi nel campo della gestione e del business. I documenti recensiti sono stati selezionati in base a un processo multifase e ai seguenti criteri: 1) copertura di una gamma completa di riviste peer-reviewed relative al business e alla gestione, scelte dal database di Scopus; 2) arco temporale del tema di indagine limitato al periodo 1993-2019; 3) documenti incentrati principalmente sulla fornitura di un quadro generale sugli ecosistemi tratto dalla ricerca. Questo lavoro rappresenta un tentativo di dare una rappresentazione sistemica della ricerca esistente sulla definizione di ecosistema. Questo studio ha implicazioni non solo per i ricercatori, ma anche per gli operatori economici. Attraverso questa rassegna della letteratura è possibile interpretare correttamente, secondo i criteri scelti, il concetto di ecosistema così come rappresentato in ambito gestionale e imprenditoriale.
Analysing the concept of ccosystem: a systematic literature review
Della Corte, Gaetano
2019-01-01
Abstract
This paper aims to provide an explanatory representation of the concept of ecosystem by mean of a systemic review of a selected sample of research papers hinged on the study of ecosystems in the field of management and business. Reviewed papers were selected according to a multistep process and the following criteria: 1) coverage of a comprehensive range of business and management-related peer-reviewed journals chosen from Scopus database; 2) timeframe of the investigated topic restricted to the period 1993-2019; 3) papers mainly focused on providing a general framework on ecosystems drawn from research. This paper represents an attempt to give a systemic representation of the existing research on the definition of ecosystem. This study has implications not only for researchers, but also for business practitioners. By means of this literature review it is possible to properly interpret, according to the criteria selected, the concept of ecosystem as depicted in the field of management and business.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.