Editorial: Platforms and Ecosystems

Editorial: Hydrothermal microbial ecosystems

The papers in the " Hydrothermal Vent " research topic cover a range of microbiological research in deep and shallow hydrothermal environments, from high temperature " black smokers, " to diffuse flow habitats and episodically discharging subsurface fluids, to the hydrothermal plumes. Together they provide a snapshot of current research interests in a field that has evolved rapidly since the di...

Editorial: workshop on the role of platforms for enterprise ecosystems (3EP)

Since their introduction, information systems have substantially changed the way business is conducted. This is particularly true for cooperation between firms that leads to an integration of value chains across multiple entities. The emerging networks span not only the various business units of a single company, but also include multiple units from different firms. As a consequence, companies ...

Editorial: Mycorrhiza in Tropical and Neotropical Ecosystems

Special issue editorial: Understanding software ecosystems

The term business ecosystem was originally established more than 20 years ago. In the seminal article ''Predators and prey: a new ecology of competition'' [1], Moore proposes an ecological approach to explain the co-evolution of companies within a business ecosystem by adopting a complex interplay of cooperative and competitive strategies. According to Moore, business ecosystems evolve in four ...

University-business-government collaboration: from institutes to platforms and ecosystems

An outline for a platform-based, bottom-up model, based on extensive project practices, is introduced for the university-business-government collaboration (UXC) analysis. Current internal incentive problems of UXC at universities especially in Europe are considered and guidelines introduced for a fast-lane platform model for building agile UXC knowledge engines. Experiences and learning lessons...