[Commlist] Call for Chapter Proposals: Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems

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*Call for Chapter Proposals - **Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems: 
Technologies, Markets, Business Models, Management, and Societal Challenges*

Edited book to be published by *Edward Elgar Publishing
*(“Research Handbooks in Business and Management” series)**

*Editor: Sabine Baumann*

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*Background and Objective***

A Digital Business Ecosystem is a network of organizations such as 
manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, customers, competitors, 
government agencies, etc. that together create and deliver a specific 
product or service in a partially of fully digital environment. In 
analogy to biological ecosystems the term business ecosystem conveys 
that the actors in the business ecosystem are interdependent and that 
the system constantly evolves as actors join or depart. Actors also 
affect each other as they both cooperate to achieve common objectives 
while competing for scarce resources.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the 
evolution and current state of Digital Business Ecosystems. The Handbook 
brings together scholars from various disciplines (business 
administration and management, economics, computer science, engineering, 
communication and humanities) and investigates different perspectives 
(technologies, markets, management, business models, and societal 
challenges) on Digital Business Ecosystems. This interdisciplinary 
approach is vital to capture the scope of social, economic and 
technological factors that interact in the emergence and evolution of 
Digital Business Ecosystems in order to understand the underlying 
processes. The Handbook not only provides guidance for researchers 
unfamiliar with the topic, but also for managers who have to develop and 
navigate increasingly complex Digital Business Ecosystems for their 
companies to remain competitive.

*Recommended Topics*

The handbook is open to conceptual and empirical contributions and case 
studies from all areas of business administration and management, as 
well as economics, computer science, engineering, and humanities. 
Suitable contributions from practitioners are also most appreciated.

Chapters related to all dimensions of context relevant for Digital 
Business Ecosystems are welcome. They include, but are not limited to, 
the following:

·/Understanding Technologies and their Potential for Digital Business 
Ecosystems, e.g.//
/Internet of Things, Digital Twins, Human-Machine-Interaction/Robotics, 
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Social Bots/Natural Language 
Processing (NLP), Blockchain

·/Markets & Business Models, e.g//.
/Value Creation through Customer Integration, Data-driven Business 
Models, Platforms and multi-sided Market Places, Digital Revenue Models, 
Value Creation and Capture

·/Governance and Management, e.g.//
/The Role of the Focal Firm, Strategic Positioning in Ecosystems, 
Inter-Ecosystem Competition, Connected Ecosystems (Partnerships and 
Competition), Stakeholder Management, Ecosystem Resilience, 
Communication Management, Human Resources and Capability Management, 
Temporal Aspects and Ecosystem Development, Ecosystems Maturity

·/Societal Challenges, e.g.//
/Ethics, Sustainability, Corporate Digital Responsibility**

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*Publishing Information*

The Handbook will be published in the “Research Handbooks in Business 
and Management” series of Edward Elgar Publishing, 
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/book-series/business-and-management/research-handbooks-in-business-and-management-series.html.

Chapters will be 6,000 to 8,000 words in length. All chapters will be 
peer-reviewed and included in the /Thomson Reuters Social Sciences 
Index/ and /Scopus/.
             There are no publishing fees.

*Important Dates*

*April 10, 2020: *Proposal (250-500 words) outlining idea/research 
questions, relevance for Digital Business Ecosystems, methodology and 
expected results**

*October 15, 2020: *First draft of chapter due**

*December 1, 2020:*           Reviewed first draft of chapter returned 
to contributors**

*April 30, 2021: *            Contributors deliver final work**

*Early 2022:*/Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems /Publication**

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*Submission*

Please send the book chapter proposal to the editor:

*Sabine Baumann*, Jade University (Germany), (sabine.baumann /at/ jade-hs.de) 
<mailto:(sabine.baumann /at/ jade-hs.de)>

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