Ecosystem Management II

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management

Instructor(s)

Masaharu Tsujimoto / Yuki Inoue

Class Format

Lecture

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Class

-

Course Code

TIM.C402

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

4Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This lecture is prepared for the explanation and discussion about the business ecosystem theory and practice that is actively researched in the strategic management field in recent years. This lecture is consists of Business Ecosystem I and Business Ecosystem II. The lecture from the practitioners and the presentation based on the original research by the students are included in the schedule.
The aim of this lecture is to understand the concept of the business ecosystem and develop the capability for the original analysis and proposition based on the business ecosystem research.
This lecture consists of the module ３, explained in the following section.

Course description and aims

The target of this lecture is following three points. Firstly, students will be able to understand the basic stream and real case for the basics of the business ecosystem. Secondly, students will be able to understand the analytical process and methodology for the business ecosystem. Thirdly, students will be able to analyze and propose for the objectives which is originally selected by the students.

Keywords

Business Ecosystem, Multi Level Analysis, Multi Stakeholder Analysis

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

This lecture consists of the three modules. Each module consists of five lectures. First Module is prepared for the understanding of the previous works. Students will required to read the papers and make a presentation of the previous researches. Second module is prepared for the understanding of the academic analysis and business practices. The researchers and practitioners will be invited for the lecture about their research and practice presentation. the third module is consists of the methodological explanation and presentations by the students. The lecturer will show the methodological process and require the group presentation of the original business ecosystem research.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Reading assignment
3
Lei Shen, Qingyue Shi, Vinit Parida, Marin Jovanovic,
Ecosystem orchestration practices for industrial firms: A qualitative meta-analysis, framework development and research agenda,
Journal of Business Research,
Volume 173,
2024,
114463,
ISSN 0148-2963,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114463.
4
Anushri Gupta, Panos Panagiotopoulos, Frances Bowen,
An orchestration approach to smart city data ecosystems,
Technological Forecasting and Social Change,
Volume 153,
2020,
119929,
ISSN 0040-1625,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.119929.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Reading assignment

Evaluation methods and criteria

Participation 70%, Contribution to the lecture 30%

Related courses

• Strategic Management
• Organizational Management

Prerequisites

None

Other

None