How Healthy Is Your Business Ecosystem?

Paying attention to the right metrics and red flags will help leaders sidestep the most common pitfalls in the four phases of ecosystem development.

The Research

  • The authors built a database of more than 100 failed ecosystems, including B2C, C2C, and B2B platforms; social networks; marketplaces; software solutions; and payment, mobility, entertainment, and health care services.
  • They compared the failed ecosystems with their successful counterparts by industry using systematic qualitative and quantitative analysis.
  • They studied the development of all the ecosystems and identified key success metrics and red flags that are early indicators ...

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