Firm strategy in early-stage ecosystems
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Many industries consist of networks of interdependent firms that offer discrete products or services that together comprise a valuable solution. Within these networks, often termed ecosystems, firms depend on one another to create value, but simultaneously compete with one another to capture value. Prior research on ecosystems has generally examined firm strategy in established ecosystems, in which the identity and relationships between firms and components are known. Less is known about firm strategy in early-stage ecosystems, which are those that are in an early state of emergence or evolution. This dissertation addresses this gap through three linked studies. The first is an inductive multiple-case study of five firms in the nascent US residential solar ecosystem as it emerged from 2007 to 2014. The second is a formal mathematical model that examines how the level of competition (ecosystem vs. component) affects firms' ability to create and capture value in nascent ecosystems. The third moves from nascent to evolving ecosystems, and presents a cooperative game theory model that examines how and when firms can collaboratively resolve technological constraints that inhibit their ability to jointly create and capture value. Together, the studies in this dissertation offer rich theory regarding how firms can succeed in early-stage ecosystems, despite the uncertainty and ambiguity that characterizes these settings. Overall, this research contributes to the literatures on strategy, organizations theory, and entrepreneurship.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Hannah, Douglas Paul |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Management Science and Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Eisenhardt, Kathleen M |
| Thesis advisor | Eisenhardt, Kathleen M |
| Thesis advisor | Eesley, Charles |
| Thesis advisor | Katila, Riitta |
| Advisor | Eesley, Charles |
| Advisor | Katila, Riitta |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Douglas Paul Hannah. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Management Science and Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2016 by Douglas Paul Hannah
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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