Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/330643 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Managerial Science [ISSN:] 1863-6691 [Volume:] 19 [Issue:] 11 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 3457-3493
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
The business ecosystem literature offers valuable insights into various strategic variables such as pricing, governance, and network effects. However, few studies holistically analyze how orchestrators—the core firms that motivate and coordinate the activities of ecosystem partners—combine strategic choices to develop an ecosystem value proposition and compete against other ecosystems in the same domain. Therefore, we conduct an inductive multiple case study of German sport aggregation platforms and their ecosystems. We explore competing platform strategies by identifying relevant strategic variables, documenting ecosystem-specific dynamics and challenges, identifying patterns in the combinations of strategic choices, and tracking the development of strategic variables over time. Our findings contribute to the understanding of ecosystem strategies and support research on the intersection of strategic management and business ecosystems.
Subjects: 
Business ecosystem strategy
Platform strategy
Ecosystem competition
Competitive dynamics
Competitive strategy
Strategic positioning
Strategic differentiation
JEL: 
L100
L110
M100
M110
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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