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Malikov, R. I., K. E. Grishin, and G. F. Shaykhutdinova. "SHAPING THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF REGIONAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS." Bulletin USPTU Science education economy Series economy 1, no. 39 (2022): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.17122/2541-8904-2022-1-39-53-60.
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The article discusses issues of a holistic approach to the study of entrepreneurship development at the regional level. The methodological basis of the study is the systematic approach and the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems based on it, which is used to study entrepreneurship at the regional level. A general approach to defining the structural organization of a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem is presented, which involves the identification of four types of mutually integrated subecosystems: business ecosystems, innovation ecosystems, knowledge ecosystems and enterprise support (promotion) ecosystems. It is determined that the parameters of the development of subecosystems, their combination effect on the creation, discovery and use of entrepreneurial opportunities in the local spatial environment determine the productivity of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. It is justified that the proposed structuring gives a clearer view from the point of view of forming and setting up an enterprise productivity management system The approach presented in the article provides an understanding of the general logic of the functioning of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, which, in turn, allows the development and implementation of management tools that provide new opportunities for increasing the productivity of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem
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Guo, Qinfeng. "Ecosystem maturity and performance." Nature 435, no. 7045 (June 2005): E6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03583.
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Yun, Seong Do, Barbara Hutniczak, Joshua K. Abbott, and Eli P. Fenichel. "Ecosystem-based management and the wealth of ecosystems." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 25 (June 6, 2017): 6539–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1617666114.
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We merge inclusive wealth theory with ecosystem-based management (EBM) to address two challenges in the science of sustainable management of ecosystems. First, we generalize natural capital theory to approximate realized shadow prices for multiple interacting natural capital stocks (species) making up an ecosystem. These prices enable ecosystem components to be better included in wealth-based sustainability measures. We show that ecosystems are best envisioned as portfolios of assets, where the portfolio’s performance depends on the performance of the underlying assets influenced by their interactions. Second, changes in ecosystem wealth provide an attractive headline index for EBM, regardless of whether ecosystem wealth is ultimately included in a broader wealth index. We apply our approach to the Baltic Sea ecosystem, focusing on the interacting community of three commercially important fish species: cod, herring, and sprat. Our results incorporate supporting services embodied in the shadow price of a species through its trophic interactions. Prey fish have greater shadow prices than expected based on market value, and predatory fish have lower shadow prices than expected based on market value. These results are because correctly measured shadow prices reflect interdependence and limits to substitution. We project that ecosystem wealth in the Baltic Sea fishery ecosystem generally increases conditional on the EBM-inspired multispecies maximum sustainable yield management beginning in 2017, whereas continuing the current single-species management generally results in declining wealth.
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Makai, Attila Lajos. "Startup ecosystem rankings." Hungarian Statistical Review 4, no. 2 (2021): 70–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.35618/hsr2021.02.en070.
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The number, importance, and popularity of rankings measuring innovation performance and the strength and resources of ecosystems that provide its spatial framework are on an increasing trend globally. In addition to influencing the specific decisions taken by economic actors, these rankings significantly impact the development of innovation-related policies at regional, national, and international levels. The importance of startup ecosystems is proven by the growing scientific interest, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of related scientific articles. The concept of the startup ecosystem is a relatively new category, the application of which in everyday and scientific life has been gaining ground since the end of the 2000s. In parallel, of course, the demand for measurability and comparability has emerged among decision-makers and scholars. This demand is met by startup ecosystem rankings, which now measure and rank the performance of individual ecosystems on a continental and global scale. However, while the number of scientific publications examining rankings related to higher education, economic performance, or even innovation, can be measured in the order of thousands, scientific research has so far rarely or tangentially addressed the rankings of startup ecosystems. This study and the related research intend to fill this gap by presenting and analysing the characteristics of global rankings and identifying possible future research directions.
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Zou, Huimin, Jiquan Chen, Changliang Shao, Gang Dong, Meihui Duan, Qingsong Zhu, and Xianglan Li. "Model Selection for Ecosystem Respiration Needs to Be Site Specific: Lessons from Grasslands on the Mongolian Plateau." Land 11, no. 1 (January 6, 2022): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11010087.
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Selecting an appropriate model for simulating ecosystem respiration is critical in modeling the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems due to their magnitude and high variations in time and space. There is no consensus on the ideal model for estimating ecosystem respiration in different ecosystems. We evaluated the performances of six respiration models, including Arrhenius, logistic, Gamma, Martin, Concilio, and time series model, against measured ecosystem respiration during 2014–2018 in four grassland ecosystems on the Mongolian Plateau: shrubland, dry steppe, temperate steppe, and meadow ecosystems. Ecosystem respiration increased exponentially with soil temperature within an apparent threshold of ~19.62 °C at shrubland, ~16.05 °C at dry steppe, ~16.92 °C at temperate steppe, and ~15.03 °C at meadow. The six models explained approximately 50–80% of the variabilities of ecosystem respiration during the study period. Both soil temperature and soil moisture played considerable roles in simulating ecosystem respiration with R square, ranging from 0.5 to 0.8. The Martin model performed better than the other models, with a relatively high R square, i.e., R2 = 0.68 at shrubland, R2 = 0.57 at dry steppe, R2 = 0.74 at temperate steppe, and R2 = 0.81 at meadow. These models achieved good performance for around 50–80% of the simulations. No single model performs best for all four grassland types, while each model appears suitable for at least one type of ecosystem. Models that oil moisture include models, especially the Martin model, are more suitable for the accurate prediction of ecosystem respiration than Ts-only models for the four grassland ecosystems.
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Li, Qian, Qingyun Gao, Yan Zhang, and Chennan Gou. "How Can Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises Improve Green Innovation Performance through Innovation Ecosystems?" Sustainability 16, no. 6 (March 19, 2024): 2519. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16062519.
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Under the fierce business competition and sustainable development pressure, the pattern of enterprise innovation has gradually changed from independent innovation to cooperative innovation. As a collection of multi-type innovation actors, the innovation ecosystem provides opportunities and platforms for cooperative innovation among government–industry–university–research institutions. While the present studies on innovation ecosystems are mostly from the perspective of the system level, few studies pay attention to the innovation mechanism of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) in the innovation ecosystem. Therefore, this study takes SMMEs embedded in innovation ecosystems as research objects and explores the factors affecting green innovation. We constructed a theoretical model to explain the effect of innovation eco-embeddedness on green innovation performance based on ecosystem theory and network embeddedness theory; we then collected 363 samples of SMMEs in China through surveys and further tested the data empirically. The results show that the innovation eco-embeddedness (IEE) of SMMEs has a positive effect on their green innovation performance (GIP), and their green value co-creation practices (GVCCPs) partially mediate the relationship between IEE and GIP. Moreover, ecological norms (ENs) in the innovation ecosystem not only positively moderate the impact of IEE on GVCCPs but also positively moderate the mediating role of GVCCPs. This study enriches the relevant research on innovation ecosystems from the perspective of non-core enterprises and provides a theoretical basis and practical reference for SMMEs to implement green innovation practices and realize growth through innovation ecosystems.
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Loehle, Craig. "OPTIMIZING ECOSYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL PERFORMANCE." Natural Resource Modeling 1, no. 2 (March 1987): 235–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-7445.1987.tb00015.x.
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Morris, Richard, Shannon Davis, Gwen-Aëlle Grelet, and Pablo Gregorini. "Multiscapes and Urbanisation: The Case for Spatial Agroecology." Sustainability 14, no. 3 (January 25, 2022): 1352. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031352.
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The two most significant signatures of the Anthropocene—agriculture and urbanisation—have yet to be studied synoptically. The term periurban is used to describe territory where the urbanising trend of the planet extends into multiscapes. A periurban praxis is required that spatially reconciles urbanisation and agriculture, simultaneously permitting urban growth and the enhancement of critical ecosystem services provided by agricultural hinterlands. This paper presents a synthesis of four fields of ecological research that converge on periurban multiscapes—ecological urbanism, landscape ecology, ecosystem services science and agroecology. By applying an ecosystem services approach, a diagram is developed that connects these fields as a holistic praxis for spatially optimising periurban multiscapes for ecosystem services performance. Two spatial qualities of agroecology—‘ES Density’ and ‘ES Plasticity’—potentiate recent areas of research in each of the other three fields—ecology for the city from ecological urbanism, landscape metrics from landscape ecology (particularly the potential application of fractals and surface metrics) and ecosystem services supply and demand mapping and ‘ES Space’ theory from ecosystems services science. While the multifunctional value of agroecological systems is becoming widely accepted, this paper focuses on agroecology’s specific spatial value and its unique capacity to supply ecosystem services specifically tailored to the critical ecosystemic demands of periurban multiscapes.
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Daneykin, Yuri V. "Regional ecosystem of technological entrepreneurship: Model and methodology for assessing performance (the case of the Novgorod region)." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Management 22, no. 3 (2023): 337–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu08.2023.304.
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The article proposes a model of a multi-level regional ecosystem of technological entrepreneurship and a methodology for assessing its effectiveness. The problems of innovative development of high-tech industries are significant, but only a small part of first-time entrepreneurs associate their businesses with high technology. In Russia, only 3% of startups emerge at universities. The most favorable environment for the development of technological entrepreneurship is entrepreneurial ecosystems covering university, regional and sectoral levels. The article focuses on the formation of technological entrepreneurship ecosystems in the regions that generate business projects with a high potential for market success. Using the ecosystem approach, the theory of entrepreneurship, the structural and functional typology of economic systems, the study discusses a methodical approach to the creation and development of regional ecosystems of student technological entrepreneurship. The paper shows the object, project, process, and environmental elements of the regional ecosystem of student technological entrepreneurship. Methodology for assessment of the performance of regional ecosystems of student technological entrepreneurship is proposed, including assessment at the level of university (the effectiveness of educational technologies, programs, climate, and infrastructure), industry and the region. The results are significant for the formation of an optimally functioning economy in the current conditions, the acceleration of import substitution, and the achievement of the country's technological sovereignty.
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Tetiana Girchenko, Nataliia Konovalenko, and Nataliia Cherikovska. "ENSURING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF BANKS IN THE TRANSITION TOWARDS THE ECOSYSTEM." European Cooperation 1, no. 49 (January 31, 2021): 23–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.32070/ec.v1i49.105.
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Banks still play a key role in monetary transactions, but at the present stage their role for customers is declining. In the near future, many agreements may not require the involvement of an intermediary. Therefore, banks need to rethink their business models and find new ways to stay relevant to their customers. Despite the development of fintech companies, banking and, moreover, the financial market will not disappear, but we can conclude that the reasons for the preservation and, consequently, the direction of transformation of the financial market will be different. Banking institutions need to build a new model of customer relations to establish trusting relationships, on the basis of which continuous business growth is possible. The introduction of banking ecosystems is inevitable, and Ukraine has great potential in this direction. Efficient operation of its own ecosystem platform provides endless advantages of the bank over its competitors. Therefore, such a platform in the long run will allow customers to perform everyday operations conveniently and most importantly in an accessible format. The main advantages of the ecosystem of innovation banking activity include: expanding the list of innovative products and services for existing and new customers, reducing the cost of innovation; accelerate the introduction of innovations in the ecosystem through more dynamic feedback with all participants in the ecosystem and increase customer loyalty; formation of new principles of interaction between participants in the innovation process in order to provide a wider range of innovative banking products and services. Digital ecosystems are a promising business model for banks, as they can not only attract and retain customers, but also generate income beyond their core business. In addition, cooperation with other companies in the form of commercial partnerships creates an attractive income and synergy for banks
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Graça, Paula, and Luis M. Camarinha-Matos. "Assessment of Sustainable Collaboration in Collaborative Business Ecosystems." Computers 10, no. 12 (December 6, 2021): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/computers10120167.
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Advances in information and communication technologies and, more specifically, in artificial intelligence resulted in more intelligent systems, which, in the business world, particularly in collaborative business ecosystems, can lead to a more streamlined, effective, and sustainable processes. Following the design science research method, this article presents a simulation model, which includes a performance assessment and influence mechanism to evaluate and influence the collaboration of the organisations in a business ecosystem. The establishment of adequate performance indicators to assess the organisations can act as an influencing factor of their behaviour, contributing to enhancing their performance and improving the ecosystem collaboration sustainability. As such, several scenarios are presented shaping the simulation model with actual data gathered from three IT industry organisations running in the same business ecosystem, assessed by a set of proposed performance indicators. The resulting outcomes show that the collaboration can be measured, and the organisations’ behaviour can be influenced by varying the weights of the performance indicators adopted by the CBE manager.
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Baccarani, Claudio, and Fabio Cassia. "Evaluating the outcomes of service ecosystems." TQM Journal 29, no. 6 (October 9, 2017): 834–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tqm-04-2017-0039.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the resource integration processes that occur within service ecosystems affect both the well-being of the entire ecosystem and the well-being of specific focal actors (i.e. customers) in the ecosystem. Specifically, this paper considered cases in which customers’ well-being results from simultaneous participation in a multiplicity of service ecosystems. Design/methodology/approach An illustrative example, taken from the tourism context, was used to develop a conceptual framework (of which customers were the focal actors) to evaluate service ecosystem outcomes. Findings The results showed that the well-being of focal actors (i.e. customers) should be evaluated by considering the outcomes that arise in the interlocking service ecosystems in which the customers simultaneously participate. Further, in relation to these interlocking service ecosystems, high levels of well-being within a single ecosystem did not necessarily cause focal actors to experience high levels of well-being. Research limitations/implications To ensure the creation of positive customer experiences, the co-creating actors (e.g. the service providers) must first identify each of the interlocking service ecosystems in which customers simultaneously participate and then establish interactions with other relevant actors. Originality/value By considering the complex relationships between the well-being of a service ecosystem as a whole and the well-being of specific focal actors (e.g. customers) in an ecosystem, this study advances knowledge about evaluations on the performance of service ecosystems.
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Ben Hadj Salem Mhamdia, Amel. "Performance measurement practices in software ecosystem." International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 62, no. 5 (July 22, 2013): 514–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-09-2012-0097.
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Eigenfeldt, Arne. "Real-time Composition as Performance Ecosystem." Organised Sound 16, no. 2 (June 28, 2011): 145–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355771811000094.
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This article proposes that real-time composition can be considered a new performance ecosystem. Rather than an extension of electroacoustic instruments that are used within improvisatory environments, real-time composition systems are produced by composers interested in gestural interactions between musical agents, with or without real-time control. They are a subclass of interactive systems, specifically a genre of interactive composition systems that share compositional control between composer and system. Designing the complexity of interactions between agents is a compositional act, and its outcomes are realised during performance – more so than most interactive systems, the new performance ecosystem is compositional in nature.
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Kelaher, Brendan P., Melanie J. Bishop, Jaimie Potts, Peter Scanes, and Greg Skilbeck. "Detrital diversity influences estuarine ecosystem performance." Global Change Biology 19, no. 6 (March 12, 2013): 1909–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12162.
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Chernova, Galina V., Svetlana A. Kalayda, Vladimir G. Khalin, and Alexander V. Yurkov. "Matters of economic ecosystem classification." Journal of Applied Informatics 16, no. 91 (February 26, 2021): 69–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.37791/2687-0649-2021-16-1-69-82.
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Economic convergence and digitalization are the most important trends of the modern community development. It is their interaction that creates new opportunities for the improvement of competitive capability and performance in the framework of joint business conducted by representatives of the wide variety of segments and sectors of economy. In response to digitalization, an ecosystem becomes the main institutional and organizational form of business in the framework of inter-sectoral economic convergence. The purpose of this article is to define more exactly the concept of an ecosystem as a form of doing joint business in the environment of inter-sectoral economic convergence and digitalization, and to build a classification of ecosystems. The following hypothesis is put forward in the study: an ecosystem as an institutional and organizational form of doing joint business is the result of the concurrent impact of inter-sectoral economic convergence and digitalization thereon, and the "connection of the base product provided to customer by the inter-sectoral economic convergence initiator prior to creating an ecosystem with digital and/or information technology" may be a criterion for classification of economic ecosystems. The novelty of the approach is as follows. The consideration of an ecosystem as a form of doing joint business simultaneously influenced by economic inter- sectoral convergence and digitalization has made it possible to define more exactly the concept of an ecosystem, identify an ecosystem parameter to be applied for classification of ecosystems and the main characteristic thereof the values of which may be used to classify economic ecosystems.
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Liu, Longjun, Wenhai Wan, and Yenchun Jim Wu. "How Nonlocal Entrepreneurial Teams Achieve Sustainable Performance: The Interaction between Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Organizational Legitimacy." Sustainability 12, no. 21 (November 6, 2020): 9237. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12219237.
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Nonlocal entrepreneurship plays an important role in promoting regional economic development. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the influence of the subjective and objective factors (organizational legitimacy and regional entrepreneurial ecosystem) of nonlocal entrepreneurship on its sustainable performance and boundary conditions. Through the analysis of 608 questionnaires of 237 teams at different times, the following conclusions are drawn: First, we find that entrepreneurial ecosystems and organizational legitimacy effectively promote nonlocal entrepreneurial teams’ sustainable performance, and strategic flexibility has positive moderating effects on this relationship. Secondly, through polynomial regression and response surface analysis, we find that the interaction between entrepreneurial ecosystems and organizational legitimacy has a positive impact on sustainable performance. Specifically, compared with the inconsistent status of entrepreneurial ecosystems and organizational legitimacy, the sustainable performance is higher under a consistent status. Compared with the low consistency status of entrepreneurial ecosystems and organizational legitimacy, the sustainable performance in the high consistency status is higher. Therefore, we suggest that the government, universities, and enterprises should build entrepreneurial ecosystems to promote the sustainability of nonlocal entrepreneurial teams. For nonlocal entrepreneurial teams, organizational legitimacy and strategic flexibility should be enhanced. The presented research adds to the literature by integrating subject and object factors (organizational legitimacy and regional entrepreneurial ecosystem), which has important theoretical significance.
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Lingens, Bernhard. "How Ecosystem Management will Influence Business Model Innovation: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice." Journal of Business Models 11, no. 3 (November 17, 2023): 97–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.54337/jbm.v11i3.8126.
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Ecosystems have become one of the “hottest” topics in industry practice and academia and are becoming increasingly important for companies to grasp in their business model innovation activities. However, research and practice are developing along different lines. Hence, this paper aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice and clarify which critical topics in the field of ecosystem management will be crucial for business model innovation in the future. This leads to four key areas that need attention: 1) Organisational change and firm culture as the most significant barriers for ecosystems and, thereby, business model innovation, 2) Portfolio strategies and performance evaluation for ecosystem-based business model innovation, 3) New investment approaches to deal with start-ups that are ecosystem orchestrators 4) Hands-on approaches for the different roles and tasks in an ecosystem. This makes ecosystem thinking an integral part of business model innovation thinking.
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Guo, Chuanbo, Caihong Fu, Norm Olsen, Yi Xu, Arnaud Grüss, Huizhu Liu, Philippe Verley, and Yunne-Jai Shin. "Incorporating environmental forcing in developing ecosystem-based fisheries management strategies." ICES Journal of Marine Science 77, no. 2 (December 20, 2019): 500–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz246.
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Abstract This study incorporated two pathways of environmental forcing (i.e. “larval mortality forcing” and “somatic growth forcing”) into an end-to-end ecosystem model (Object-oriented Simulator of Marine ecOSystEms, OSMOSE) developed for the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) off western Canada, in order to evaluate alternative fisheries management strategies under environmental changes. With a suite of ecosystem-level indicators, the present study first compared the ecosystem effects of different pathways of environmental forcing scenarios; and then evaluated the alternative fisheries management strategies which encompassed a series of fishing mortality rates relative to FMSY (the fishing mortality rate that produces maximum sustainable yield) and a set of precautionary harvest control rules (HCRs). The main objectives of this study were to (i) explore the ecosystem effects of different environmental forcing scenarios; (ii) identify the impacts of different fishing mortality rates on marine ecosystem structure and function; and (iii) evaluate the ecosystem-level performance of various levels of precautionary HCRs. Results indicated that different pathways of environmental forcing had different ecosystem effects and incorporating appropriate HCRs in the fisheries management process could help maintain ecosystem health and sustainable fisheries. This study provides important information on future fisheries management options within similar marine ecosystems that are facing global changes.
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Spieles, Douglas J. "Wetland Construction, Restoration, and Integration: A Comparative Review." Land 11, no. 4 (April 9, 2022): 554. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11040554.
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In response to the global loss and degradation of wetland ecosystems, extensive efforts have been made to reestablish wetland habitat and function in landscapes where they once existed. The reintroduction of wetland ecosystem services has largely occurred in two categories: constructed wetlands (CW) for wastewater treatment, and restored wetlands (RW) for the renewal or creation of multiple ecosystem services. This is the first review to compare the objectives, design, performance, and management of CW and RW, and to assess the status of efforts to combine CW and RW as Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW). These wetland systems are assessed for their ecological attributes and their relative contribution to ecosystem services. CW are designed to process a wide variety of wastewaters using surface, subsurface, or hybrid treatment systems. Designed and maintained within narrow hydrologic parameters, CW can be highly effective at contaminant transformation, remediation, and sequestration. The ecosystem services provided by CW are limited by their status as high-stress, successionally arrested systems with low landscape connectivity and an effective lifespan. RW are typically situated and designed for a greater degree of connection with regional ecosystems. After construction, revegetation, and early successional management, RW are intended as self-maintaining ecosystems. This affords RW a broader range of ecosystem services than CW, though RW system performance can be highly variable and subject to invasive species and landscape-level stressors. Where the spatial and biogeochemical contexts are favorable, ICW present the opportunity to couple CW and RW functions, thereby enhancing the replacement of wetland services on the landscape.
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Chang, Ya-Ting, Ming-Kuen Chen, and Yi-Chun Kung. "Evaluating a Business Ecosystem of Open Data Services Using the Fuzzy DEMATEL-AHP Approach." Sustainability 14, no. 13 (June 22, 2022): 7610. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14137610.
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The government has formulated and implemented an open data policy to promote administrative transparency and economic development in recent years. Therefore, most previous studies on open data have focused on e-government. Consequently, an open data service industry committed to providing innovative value-added data application services has emerged in Taiwan, with small- and medium-sized enterprises being the driving force. However, in a complex industrial environment, enterprises need to promote efficient data services development by developing a cross-disciplinary business ecosystem cooperatively. Nevertheless, few studies have discussed the open data service industry from the perspective of business ecosystems, making it impossible for enterprises to evaluate the business ecosystem of open data services built by them. In this study, we used the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy decision-making and trial evaluation laboratory methods to construct five evaluation dimensions and thirty-one evaluation criteria. We organized them into an evaluation scale to measure the business ecosystem’s performance of open data services built by enterprises. Then, using the case analysis method, we tested the applicability of the evaluation scale. This study examined the assessment scale of ecosystem construction in the open data industry, from the perspective of a business ecosystem, and analyzed the importance of each key criterion.
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Cha, Hwang, and Kim. "How to Improve Performance and Diversity of Government-Funded Research Institute Ecosystem? Focus on Result Sharing and Feedback Policy." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 5, no. 3 (September 5, 2019): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/joitmc5030066.
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Despite its importance to the performance outcome of an organization, there are very few studies on how feedback mechanism impacts ecosystems of government-funded research institutes (GIs). This study focuses on the effect of the feedback mechanism on the average performance and diversity of a GI ecosystem. Feedback mechanisms consisted of feedback strategy and degree of result sharing. An agent-based model that embeds a genetic algorithm to replicate a real GI ecosystem was used. It was found that relational patterns between average performance and degree of result sharing varied by type of feedback policy. In contrast, convergence time, which refers to the average period of settling the stable state in the perspective of ecosystem diversity, depends on the ratio of result openness rather than the type of feedback policy. This study suggests two plans to improve the GI assessment system by changing the degree of result sharing and feedback type.
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FOMISHYNA, VIRA, PETRO GUDS, NADIIA FEDOROVA, and IRYNA PLIUSHCHYK. "ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN THE TRANSITION ECONOMY: THE CASE OF SOUTHERN REGION OF UKRAINE." Academic Review 2, no. 59 (July 18, 2023): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.32342/2074-5354-2023-2-59-1.
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This paper aims to analyse and evaluate the state of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of international business in the transition economy based on the evidence of the southern region of Ukraine. The tasks of the study are (i) to identify the presence of components of the international business ecosystem and their quality depending on the level of development of the transition economy (policy, markets, finance, human capital, culture, support); (ii) to assess the current state of the components of the international business ecosystem; (iii) to identify constraining factors for the functioning of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem for their further consideration when adjusting the trajectory of the development of the transition economy. The model of Isenberg was used to observe the structure of the ecosystem. The international ratings (KOF Index of Globalization, Global Competitiveness Index, Doing Business, etc.), the data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, national laws, etc. were used for the qualitative measurement of the ecosystem performance. An online survey was conducted to assess the current state of the ecosystem and to identify the restraining factors of its functioning. The research results demonstrate that all domains of an international business ecosystem are in the process of formation. 80% of respondents rated domains’ performance at three points on a 5-point scale, indicating poor functioning the ecosystem. The respondents of the survey represent several industries but mostly agro-industrial complex. The restraining factors are ineffective government policy; business-unfriendly legislation; limited access to the infrastructure; insecurity of property rights; inefficient business support systems, etc. The research results show that almost all components of the ecosystem are less efficient in Ukraine than in Europe, except for the entrepreneurs’ intentions of networking and collaboration development. The paper proposed original research on the institutional context of the ecosystem in the transition economy. The study is built on the idea of the specific regional peculiarities of entrepreneurial ecosystems and the impact of transformational processes of the economy of the country. The results of the study can be used as a basis for a scientific focus on the policy of improving the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The article empirically expands the knowledge of entrepreneurial ecosystems and shows the potential and benefits of a complete integrated ecosystem for overall regional development.
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Al-Sulaiti, Ahmed, Iman T. Madhoun, Galal M. Abdella, Hussein Al-Yafei, and Abdel Magid Hamouda. "Innovation Ecosystems in Hydrocarbon-Based Economies: Opportunities and Challenges." Sustainability 15, no. 19 (September 26, 2023): 14194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151914194.
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Innovation is rapidly growing and affecting various industries, including hydrocarbon processing. This study aims to conduct a comprehensive and organized review of the literature on innovation ecosystems and their performance within hydrocarbon-based economies. It will examine existing definitions of innovation ecosystems and related concepts and conduct an in-depth analysis of certain hydrocarbon-based economies and their Global Innovation Index (GII) development from 2011 to 2022. The term “innovation ecosystem” has gained considerable attention from scholars and practitioners over the past fifteen years. Despite the proliferation of research in this area, there are concerns about its fragmented knowledge base. While previous reviews have highlighted the theoretical connections between innovation ecosystems and related concepts, there is still a need for a more comprehensive understanding of the current state of innovation ecosystem research. This study used a systematic literature review approach that combines bibliographic coupling and content analysis methods, drawing on over 40 studies to identify five streams of current innovation ecosystem research: Technology innovation, platform innovation ecosystems, regional development, innovation ecosystem conceptualization and theorization, and entrepreneurship and innovation. This study’s contribution lies in highlighting the specific elements that contribute to the development of an innovative economy based on hydrocarbons.
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Pedersen Zari, Maibritt. "Devising Urban Biodiversity Habitat Provision Goals: Ecosystem Services Analysis." Forests 10, no. 5 (May 1, 2019): 391. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f10050391.
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This paper employs a unique ecosystem services analysis methodology to evaluate how cities could support or generate ecosystem services. Ecosystem services analysis can provide quantifiable goals for urban ecological regeneration that are determined by the site-specific ecology and climate of an urban area. In this research, the ecosystem service of habitat provision is the key focus. The role of urban green space and urban forests is crucial within this. Setting ambitious targets for urban ecological performance and ecosystem services provision is of great importance due to the large negative environmental impact that cities currently have on ecosystems and, therefore, ecosystem service provision, and because healthier ecosystems enable humans to better adapt to climate change through creating potentials for increased resilience. A comparative case study analysing the ecosystem service of habitat provision in two existing urban environments with similar climates (Cfb according to the Köppen Climate Classification System) but in different parts of the world, namely Wellington, New Zealand and Curitiba, Brazil, was conducted to examine how the ecosystem services analysis concept can used to devise urban habitat provision goals. The paper concludes that, although achieving habitat provision goals derived from ecosystem services analysis in urban areas is likely to be difficult, determining quantitative site- and climate-specific staged goals could enable urban design professionals to increase the effectiveness of conservation and regeneration efforts in terms of ecosystem service provision from urban green and blue spaces.
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Liu, Jun, Yikun Zhang, Xiaoyu Ma, and Huilin Wang. "Do Innovative Provincial Policies Promote the Optimization of Regional Innovation Ecosystems?" Sustainability 15, no. 16 (August 18, 2023): 12575. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151612575.
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Innovative provinces are essential to innovative countries and robust support for constructing national and regional innovation systems. Based on the panel data of 28 provinces from 2016 to 2019, this paper builds a regional innovation ecosystem performance evaluation system from five dimensions: innovation subject, innovation environment, innovation resource, resource flow, and interaction intermediaries. The index weighting is carried out using the principal component analysis method, and the innovation ecosystem performance of various provinces is evaluated and analyzed to determine the regional distribution status of innovation ecosystem performance. Based on a multi-period difference-in-differences model, this paper empirically tests the impact of innovative provincial policies on the innovation ecosystem performance of each region in the former innovation development stage. The results show that innovative provincial policies significantly positively impact the regional innovation ecosystems, which are multi-dimensional, long-term, and stable. The three secondary indicators, including ecological composition, resource input, and circulation flow, show a positive impact. Further research reveals that the main pathways of the effects are promoting the expansion of innovation inputs and the increase of interaction intermediaries among innovation subjects. Finally, combining the contents and impact of the previous innovative provincial policies, this paper puts forward corresponding thoughts and suggestions for the next phase of regional pilot-type innovation policies.
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Zhang, Chang Ik, Anne Babcock Hollowed, Jae-Bong Lee, and Do-Hoon Kim. "An IFRAME approach for assessing impacts of climate change on fisheries." ICES Journal of Marine Science 68, no. 6 (January 1, 2011): 1318–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr073.
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Abstract Zhang, C. I., Hollowed, A. B., Lee, J-B., and Kim, D-H. 2011. An IFRAME approach for assessing impacts of climate change on fisheries. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1318–1328. A new assessment framework is proposed for evaluating the performance of management strategies relative to the goals of an ecosystem approach to management (EAM) under different climate change scenarios. Earlier studies have demonstrated how global climate model simulations from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change can be used to force regional ocean circulation models and forecast regional changes in bottom-up forcing. We extend this approach to assess the ecosystem impacts of resource use and climate change in marine ecosystems, by developing an Integrated Fisheries Risk Analysis Method for Ecosystems (IFRAME) framework. The IFRAME approach tracks climate change impacts on the flow of energy through the planktonic foodweb using NEMURO and projects the implications of these shifts in bottom-up forcing on the fisheries foodweb using Ecopath with Ecosim. Resource management scenarios are developed and incorporated into the projection framework by characterizing the action for changes in fishing mortality or availability of resources. An integrated suite of ecosystem status indicators are proposed to assess the performance of management scenarios relative to the goals of an EAM. These ecosystem status indicators track four key management objectives of the ecosystem: sustainability, biodiversity, habitat quantity, and quality and socio-economic status.
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Santos, Marcos Paulo dos, Alencar Zanon Junior, Santiago Vianna Cuadra, Silvio Steinmetz, João Rodrigo de Castro, and Alexandre Bryan Heinemann. "Yield and morphophysiological indices of irrigated rice genotypes in contrasting ecosystems1." Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical 47, no. 3 (September 2017): 253–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-40632016v4745955.
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ABSTRACT Rice phenology and development are events controlled by environmental and genetic factors, and the yield potential of the crop is defined by their interaction. This study aimed at analyzing the performance of irrigated rice genotypes in contrasting ecosystems and their effects on morphophysiological characteristics. Two ecosystems (tropical and subtropical) were analyzed, as well as cultivars recommended for tropical (BRS Catiana and BRS Jaçanã) and subtropical (BRS Pampa, BRS 7 Taim and IRGA 424) regions. The experiments were arranged in a complete randomized block design, with four replicates, being the factors the genotypes, sowing times and sites. The phenological development, biomass dynamics, radiation use efficiency and grain yield were evaluated. The accumulated degree-days demand for flowering decreased faster in the tropical ecosystem than in the subtropical ecosystem for late sowing. The radiation use efficiency values were similar in the subtropical ecosystem and yield was high for all sowing dates. On the other hand, the tropical ecosystem showed a high variation for radiation use efficiency values and yield. The higher accumulation of degree-days and solar radiation during the reproductive and grain-filling phases contributed to increase yield in both ecosystems.
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Baldwin, Carliss. "Complementor Strategies and Performance in Business Ecosystem." Academy of Management Proceedings 2016, no. 1 (January 2016): 11500. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.11500symposium.
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Khanani, Kanza Sohail. "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurial Activity and Economic Performance." Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship Journal 1, no. 3 (November 30, 2019): 210–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.35899/biej.v1i3.64.
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In this research, we have empirically tested the impact of Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions (EFC) on entrepreneurial activity and ultimately on economic growth of a nation. In our sample all the 54 countries participating in the GEM study in 2017 are taken. 67.8% of the world’s population and 86.0% of the world’s GDP is represented by the economies included in GEM 2017. The entrepreneurial ecosystem is captured through 12 EFCs used in the GEM model that includes: Financial environment, government policy of support and relevance, government policy of taxes and bureaucracy, government programs, entrepreneurial education at school stage and post school stage, R&D transfer, commercial and legal infrastructure, internal market dynamics, access to physical infrastructure, and social and cultural norms. The impact of these EFCs and their significance in creating entrepreneurial activity (TEA) in a nation is analyzed using OLS estimation technique with TEA as dependent variable. Secondly, the impact of entrepreneurial activity (TEA) on economic growth ( ∆GDP) is estimated using OLS regression model with control variables such as global competitiveness index (GCI) and Gross national income per capita, expressed in purchasing power parity (GNIC). The results suggest that entrepreneurship education at post school stage, entry burdens and cultural and social norms are significant framework conditions that support entrepreneurial activity, while R&D transfer, internal market dynamics and commercial and legal infrastructure hinders the process of entrepreneurship. Furthermore, TEA is significantly contributing to the economic growth of factor driven and efficiency driven economies.
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Díaz-Milanés, D., N. Almeda, C. García-Alonso, and L. Salvador-Carulla. "Assessment of the performance of assertive community treatment: the case of Bizkaia (Spain)." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (June 2022): S342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.870.
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Introduction A mental health (MH) assertive community treatment (ACT) is always designed expecting for a decrease in the pressure (visits and readmissions) in inpatient services and to increase care quality. An appropriate management of ACT provision can be crucial to develop a balanced community-based MH ecosystems. Objectives To assess the impact of the ACT on the performance of the MH ecosystem of Bizkaia (Basque Country, Spain). Methods The ecosystem is structured by 19 MH areas, supported by 5 ACT teams. Here ACT provides high intensity mobile outpatient care to people suffering from severe mental disorders. The impact of these teams on the ecosystem performance was assessed by Monte-Carlo simulation, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and fuzzy inference. The input variables were the availability, number of psychiatrics, nurses and total of professionals of ACT services in each area. The outputs were: frequentation, incidence and prevalence of ACT services in each MH area. Performance indicators were: relative technical efficiency (RTE), statistical stability and entropy. Results The global ecosystem performance was high (RTE on average=0.799 -input DEA orientation- and 0.825 -output orientation- up to 1, the maximum), the stability was medium-low (respectively 38,67% and 13.64% up to 100%, the maximum) and the entropy was medium-high (respectively 70,41% and 65.9% up to 100%, the maximum). Conclusions Results highlighted a positive impact of ACT in Bizkaia. Nevertheless, stability and entropy levels showed the existence of a high structural variability in ACT services due to the necessity of adjusting them to the user’s specific needs. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Suarez, Daniel, and Catherine Corson. "Seizing Center Stage: Ecosystem Services, Live, at the Convention on Biological Diversity!" Human Geography 6, no. 1 (March 2013): 64–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/194277861300600105.
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Over the past decade, the concept of ecosystem services has become a central guiding framework for environmental conservation. Techniques of valuation, payments to protect ecosystem services, and efforts to put a price on nature increasingly characterize environmental policy. We analyze the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as a critical moment in the production of ecosystem services as a discourse. Through analysis of specific examples of the rollout, performance, and strategic deployment of ecosystem services, particularly as embodied in The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project (TEEB) at CBD/COP-10, we illustrate how arguments justifying ecosystem services became persuasive and compelling in the social space of the meeting. We examine the prevalence of a narrative that relies on three successive claims: (1) conservation has failed to conserve biodiversity, which has catalyzed a pending ecological crisis; (2) this crisis is caused by incorrectly priced nature and insufficient financing for conservation; and (3) the economics of ecosystem services provides the means to attract new financial flows, to neutralize political opposition, and to save biodiversity. The CBD/COP-10, we argue, provided a stage for the performance of this narrative, the alignment of actors from the private, public and non-profit sectors around ecosystem services, and the institutionalization of its tenets in policy documents and project financing— all of which worked to constitute the hegemony of ecosystem services. We conclude by asserting that, as conservationists embrace ecosystem services, at the expense of alternative models, they reproduce it as a discourse, thus constituting and reinforcing its hegemony, and the conditions that originally limited their choices.
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Pletnev, Dmitri, Alexandr Babkin, Tatyana Levikova, Alyona Popova, and Larissa Tashenova. "Industrial ecosystem entities business success." E3S Web of Conferences 389 (2023): 02027. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338902027.
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The sustainable development and success of industrial regions is largely determined by the efficiency of enterprises in the territory, united in ecosystems, often around the city-forming enterprise. The study of industrial ecosystems, their evolution and the interrelations of participants will make it possible to more effectively implement the goals of sustainable development in the territory, ensure a fair distribution of income, well-being and rational environmental management. The purpose of the article is to assess the relation between the development of entities of the industrial ecosystem on the example of the industrial ecosystem of the Magnitogorsk urban district in Russia. The study used data from Rosstat and the Federal Tax Service for 2007-21. The main results of the study are as follows: five groups were identified in the industrial ecosystem (the core of the ecosystem, companies affiliated with the core, customers of the core, suppliers of the core and other beneficiaries from the work of the core and the ecosystem as a whole, “fellow travellers”). The connection between the performance of the ecosystem core and other companies turned out to be statistically significant, especially strong for revenue growth rates. Among individual ecosystem groups, affiliates and core clients experienced the greatest influence of the core, while the connection of the results of the core with suppliers and fellow travellers was weaker. The connection, taking into account the time lag of one year, turned out to be weaker than the year-to-year connection. In general, the results confirm the hypothesis of a strong connection between the stability of the core and other participants in the industrial ecosystem.
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Purusottama, Ambara, and Yohanes Berenika Kadarusman. "The essential benefits of an enterprise blockchain in business model innovation." Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis 24, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 189–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.24914/jeb.v24i2.3746.
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Blockchain brings changes and disruptions to the existing business models and therefore deserves further analysis. Accordingly, this study aims to explain the phenomenon of blockchain technology in the business model innovation in the enterprise ecosystem. Empirically, numerous studies have shown that blockchain technology improves organizational performance. This study uses a value system framework to explain the enterprise blockchain phenomenon. Through abductive reasoning, this study uses a multiple-case study to answer the research questions. In sum, this study finds that blockchain technology delivers benefits to organizations in: (i) value capture through increased profitability; (ii) value creation through private partnership; (iii) value delivery through smart contracts; and (iv) value proposition that encourages improving the existing value proposition through operational improvements. Besides, the study also proposes the different types of enterprise blockchain ecosystems: private and consortium. The private ecosystem focuses on improving organizational performance through competition. In contrast, the consortium ecosystem focuses on business value collaboration.
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Le, Jennifer T., Jennifer P. Gonzalez, Richard T. Carson, Richard F. Ambrose, and Lisa A. Levin. "Integrating Non-Targeted Ecosystem Services into Assessment of Natural Stormwater Treatment Systems." Water 15, no. 8 (April 8, 2023): 1460. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15081460.
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Natural stormwater treatment systems (NTS) are built ecosystems designed to capture and treat stormwater runoff via natural processes. Although NTS design typically targets water services, the biological communities associated with NTS (i.e., plants, animals, and microbes) can provide non-targeted functions that can result in ecosystem services, such as biodiversity, pollination, and climate regulation, or in some cases disservices. Additional co-benefits of NTS include recreation, education and outreach opportunities, and aesthetic value. A review of NTS ecosystem services and co-benefits is provided with specific examples from Los Angeles County, highlighting the need for ecosystem services indicators, standard measurements, and monitoring. As NTS become globally widespread, best practices must include the ability to holistically assess NTS performance in ways that extend beyond water treatment services. Three models are presented that can be used to evaluate NTS performance. Such information can be important in advancing NTS design, choosing spatial placement, and making choices between NTS and more traditional stormwater treatment options.
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Yan, Min-Ren, Haiyan Yan, Lingyun Zhan, Xinyue Yan, and Mengen Xu. "Evaluation of Technological Innovations and the Industrial Ecosystem of Science Parks in Shanghai: An Empirical Study." Science, Technology and Society 25, no. 3 (May 26, 2020): 482–504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971721820912906.
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Science parks and innovation policies have a major mission in driving innovative resources and nurturing emerging industries, while the government-academia-industry collaborations and the establishment of an ecosystem are essentials. To investigate the key driving forces for sustainable development of the collaborative ecosystem, this article evaluates the technological innovations and the ecosystem of Science Parks in Shanghai based on historical data obtained from Shanghai Zhangjiang Science Park (Zhangjiang Park in short). Systems thinking and causal loop analysis are adopted to explore the structure of the collaborative ecosystem and reflections of the policy impact on the science park. The role of the government in science parks and innovation ecosystems is identified with systems mapping and empirical study. The economic impact of Zhangjiang Park policies and the performance of innovation activities in Shanghai are further evaluated. Lessons learnt from the benchmarked science parks and policy implications for facilitating the innovation ecosystem are addressed.
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Huang, Chaoqing, Bin Chen, Chuanzhun Sun, Yuan Wang, Junye Zhang, Huan Yang, Shengbiao Wu, et al. "Synergistic Application of Multiple Machine Learning Algorithms and Hyperparameter Optimization Strategies for Net Ecosystem Productivity Prediction in Southeast Asia." Remote Sensing 16, no. 1 (December 20, 2023): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs16010017.
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The spatiotemporal patterns and shifts of net ecosystem productivity (NEP) play a pivotal role in ecological conservation and addressing climate change. For example, by quantifying the NEP information within ecosystems, we can achieve the protection and restoration of natural ecological balance. Monitoring the changes in NEP enables a more profound understanding and prediction of ecosystem alterations caused by global warming, thereby providing a scientific basis for formulating policies aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change. The accurate prediction of NEP sheds light on the ecosystem’s response to climatic variations and aids in formulating targeted carbon sequestration policies. While traditional ecological process models provide a comprehensive approach to predicting NEP, they often require extensive experimental and empirical data, increasing research costs. In contrast, machine-learning models offer a cost-effective alternative for NEP prediction; however, the delicate balance in algorithm selection and hyperparameter tuning is frequently overlooked. In our quest for the optimal prediction model, we examined a combination of four mainstream machine-learning algorithms with four hyperparameter-optimization techniques. Our analysis identified that the backpropagation neural network combined with Bayesian optimization yielded the best performance, with an R2 of 0.68 and an MSE of 1.43. Additionally, deep-learning models showcased promising potential in NEP prediction. Selecting appropriate algorithms and executing precise hyperparameter-optimization strategies are crucial for enhancing the accuracy of NEP predictions. This approach not only improves model performance but also provides us with new tools for a deeper understanding of and response to ecosystem changes induced by climate change.
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Chen, Yan, Zijin Wang, and Jaime Ortiz. "A Sustainable Digital Ecosystem: Digital Servitization Transformation and Digital Infrastructure Support." Sustainability 15, no. 2 (January 12, 2023): 1530. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15021530.
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While the notion of digitalization and sustainability has become prominent in current research, more can be done to bridge these two concepts and explain the interaction between them. Plenty of literature has focused on the impact of digital technology applications and business model innovations on environmental performance but has not considered the counterforce of environmental performance on digitalization. We investigated this question from the perspective of digital ecosystem architects to explore more organic relationships. By analyzing data from 1083 listed firms from 2014 to 2019, we found various effective paths for architects to participate in the digital ecosystem and determined that improved environmental performance has led to more efficient convergence. Digital servitization adopted by private architects contributes to financial performance, whereas the addition of digital infrastructure enables public architects to play a greater role. This is reflected in the discovery that firms with “high” environmental performance can improve their financial performance far more significantly with the help of digital servitization compared to other firms. However, digital infrastructure development can benefit all firms almost indiscriminately. We encourage firms and governments to work together to strengthen digital infrastructure, build digital ecosystems, and focus on environmental performance while transitioning to digital servitization.
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Mugari, Ephias, Hillary Masundire, Maitseo Bolaane, and Mark New. "Perceptions of ecosystem services provision performance in the face of climate change among communities in Bobirwa sub-district, Botswana." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 11, no. 2 (March 8, 2019): 265–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-09-2017-0178.
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PurposeBetween 2006 and 2016, local communities in semi-arid Bobirwa sub-district in the Limpopo Basin part of Botswana had endured notable fluctuations in the delivery of critical ecosystem services. These changes have been coupled with adverse effects on local people’s livelihood options and well-being. However, a few such studies have focussed on the semi-arid to arid landscapes. This study therefore aims to provide recent knowledge and evidence of consequences of environmental change on semi-arid arid landscapes and communities.MethodologyTo examine these recent changes in key ecosystem services, the authors conducted six participatory mapping processes, eight key informant interviews and several rapid scoping appraisals in three study villages. The analyses were centred on changes in seasonal quantities, seasonality, condition of ecosystem service sites, distance to ecosystem service sites and total area providing these services. Drivers of change in the delivery of key ecosystem services and the associated adverse impacts on human well-being of these recent changes in bundles of ecosystem services delivered were also analyzed.FindingsResults show that adverse weather conditions, drought frequency, changes in land-use and/or land-cover together with unsustainable harvesting because of human influx on local resources have intensified in the past decade. There was circumstantial evidence that these drivers have resulted in adverse changes in quantities and seasonality of key ecosystem services such as edible Mopane caterpillars, natural pastures, wild fruits and cultivated crops. Similarly, distance to, condition and total area of sites providing some of the key ecosystem services such as firewood and natural pastures changed adversely. These adverse changes in the key ecosystem services were shown to increasingly threaten local livelihoods and human well-being.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper discusses the importance of engaging rural communities in semi-arid areas in a participatory manner and how such information can provide baseline information for further research. The paper also shows the utility of such processes and information toward integrating community values and knowledge into decisions regarding the management and utilization of local ecosystem services under a changing climate in data-poor regions such as the Bobirwa sub-district of Botswana. However, the extent to which this is possible depends on the decision makers’ willingness to support local initiatives through existing government structures and programmes.Originality/valueThis study shows the importance of engaging communities in a participatory manner to understand changes in local ecosystem services considering their unique connection with the natural environment. This is a critical step for decision makers toward integrating community values in the management and utilization of ecosystem services under a changing climate as well as informing more sustainable adaptive responses in semi-arid areas. However, the extent to which decision makers can integrate such findings to inform more sustainable responses to declining capacity of local ecosystems in semi-arid areas depends on how they value the bottom-up approach of gaining local knowledge as well as their willingness to support local initiatives through existing government structures and programmes.
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Hieu, Vu Minh, and . "Firm’s Innovation Ecosystem: Barriers, Key Success Factors and Strategies." Webology 18, SI03 (January 13, 2021): 14–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.14704/web/v18si03/web18017.
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Strategic positioning fosters the firm performance in an ecosystem. Companies in an innovation ecosystem use strategic tools to connect different business units. The systematic literature review was used to search for the articles used in this review. Google Scholar search engine was employed to filter the references of each selected paper. In total, 41 papers published in journal and conference proceedings have been used for the review. The review shows that companies challenges as shortage of willingness to share insights and intellectual property, confusion over management methods need to create sustainable value, lack of coordination within the ecosystem, lack of an innovation plan, failure to pay attention to a new set of risks and costs associated with network-types of practices when innovating through an ecosystem. The review highlights specific key success factors such as management commitment, consumer value, and value chains linked to customers’ expectations, and organisational culture that supports change processes, well-articulated goals, timelines and milestones, and embracing risk-taking and understanding the nature of risks in collaborative networks. Furthermore, the review also identified the balanced scorecard multiplying risks and value blueprint as strategic tools used to evaluate the performance of companies within an ecosystem. The study concludes that managers should evaluate the ecosystems’ ability and the potential of their firms to survive.
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Meepung, Tippawan, Sajeewan Pratsri, and Prachyanun Nilsook. "Interactive Tool in Digital Learning Ecosystem for Adaptive Online Learning Performance." Higher Education Studies 11, no. 3 (July 12, 2021): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/hes.v11n3p70.
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The objective of this research was as follows: 1) to develop an interactive tool in a digital learning ecosystem for adaptive online learning performance; 2) to carry out a suitability assessment of this process. The documentary research method was used in this study. The results showed a model of an interactive tool in a digital learning ecosystem for adaptive online learning performance consisted of two phases. Phase 1: The development of an interactive tool in a digital learning ecosystem for adaptive online learning performance. This includes the following four design steps: 1) Reviewed literature and previous studies regarding an interactive tool, a digital learning ecosystem, and adaptive online learning performance to study the model, characteristics, and previous research. 2) Studied relevant research of an interactive tool in a digital learning ecosystem for adaptive online learning performance. 3) Designed an adaptive online learning performance model using an interactive tool in a digital learning ecosystem. 4) Developed a digital learning ecosystem. Phase 2: Evaluated the appropriateness of the interactive tool for an adaptive online learning performance model; this was checked for suitability by twelve experts and resulted in a conclusion. The results of the suitability evaluation revealed that the interactive tool for adaptive online learning performance was at the highest level.
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Panda, Debadutta Kumar. "The dynamics of business ecosystem identity." Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal 15, no. 3 (October 24, 2019): 235–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrom-10-2018-1688.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how business ecosystems evolve, what is the identity of business ecosystem and is the ecosystem identity static or dynamics. To understand the above questions, this paper is conducted on stone carving clusters in India. Design/methodology/approach The author engaged the ethnographic approach in this study. To sample stone carving clusters of India, the author followed the snowball sampling method. Further, the author did collect the information by informal personal discussions, focus group discussions and participant observations. Furthermore, the thematic analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis were applied to process the data. The validity and reliability of the method was ascertained by testing the credibility, dependability, confirmability and transferability. Findings The author found that the business ecosystem of stone carving was dynamic, and it was transformed from the buyer-driven ecosystem to the supplier-driven ecosystem. The identities of the early stage business ecosystem and the late stage ecosystem were analyzed through product, network and information flow. The author developed a structural framework to conceptualize the identity domain of the business ecosystem and the author named it as “nature-conduct-performance model.” Also, the author conceptualized the identity evolution, the influence of social system on business ecosystem identity, and identity-based conflicts and identity-based cooperation in the stone carving business ecosystem. Originality/value This study is making additional theoretical contribution in conceptualize the business ecosystem from the identity construct.
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Lal, R. "Enhancing ecosystem services with no-till." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 28, no. 2 (March 11, 2013): 102–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742170512000452.
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AbstractEcosystem functions and services provided by soils depend on land use and management. The objective of this article is to review and synthesize relevant information on the impacts of no-till (NT) management of croplands on ecosystem functions and services. Sustainable management of soil through NT involves: (i) replacing what is removed, (ii) restoring what has been degraded, and (iii) minimizing on-site and off-site effects. Despite its merits, NT is adopted on merely ∼9% of the 1.5 billion ha of global arable land area. Soil's ecosystem services depend on the natural capital (soil organic matter and clay contents, soil depth and water retention capacity) and its management. Soil management in various agro-ecosystems to enhance food production has some trade-offs/disservices (i.e., decline in biodiversity, accelerated erosion and non-point source pollution), which must be minimized by further developing agricultural complexity to mimic natural ecosystems. However, adoption of NT accentuates many ecosystem services: carbon sequestration, biodiversity, elemental cycling, and resilience to natural and anthropogenic perturbations, all of which can affect food security. Links exist among diverse ecosystem services, such that managing one can adversely impact others. For example, increasing agronomic production can reduce biodiversity and deplete soil organic carbon (SOC), harvesting crop residues for cellulosic ethanol can reduce SOC, etc. Undervaluing ecosystem services can jeopardize finite soil resources and aggravate disservices. Adoption of recommended management practices can be promoted through payments for ecosystem services by a market-based approach so that risks of disservices and negative costs can be reduced either through direct economic incentives or as performance payments.
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Pandit, Karun, Hamid Dashti, Nancy F. Glenn, Alejandro N. Flores, Kaitlin C. Maguire, Douglas J. Shinneman, Gerald N. Flerchinger, and Aaron W. Fellows. "Developing and optimizing shrub parameters representing sagebrush (<i>Artemisia</i> spp.) ecosystems in the northern Great Basin using the Ecosystem Demography (EDv2.2) model." Geoscientific Model Development 12, no. 11 (November 5, 2019): 4585–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4585-2019.
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Abstract. Ecosystem dynamic models are useful for understanding ecosystem characteristics over time and space because of their efficiency over direct field measurements and applicability to broad spatial extents. Their application, however, is challenging due to internal model uncertainties and complexities arising from distinct qualities of the ecosystems being analyzed. The sagebrush-steppe ecosystem in western North America, for example, has substantial spatial and temporal heterogeneity as well as variability due to anthropogenic disturbance, invasive species, climate change, and altered fire regimes, which collectively make modeling dynamic ecosystem processes difficult. Ecosystem Demography (EDv2.2) is a robust ecosystem dynamic model, initially developed for tropical forests, that simulates energy, water, and carbon fluxes at fine scales. Although EDv2.2 has since been tested on different ecosystems via development of different plant functional types (PFT), it still lacks a shrub PFT. In this study, we developed and parameterized a shrub PFT representative of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems in order to initialize and test it within EDv2.2, and to promote future broad-scale analysis of restoration activities, climate change, and fire regimes in the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. Specifically, we parameterized the sagebrush PFT within EDv2.2 to estimate gross primary production (GPP) using data from two sagebrush study sites in the northern Great Basin. To accomplish this, we employed a three-tier approach. (1) To initially parameterize the sagebrush PFT, we fitted allometric relationships for sagebrush using field-collected data, information from existing sagebrush literature, and parameters from other land models. (2) To determine influential parameters in GPP prediction, we used a sensitivity analysis to identify the five most sensitive parameters. (3) To improve model performance and validate results, we optimized these five parameters using an exhaustive search method to estimate GPP, and compared results with observations from two eddy covariance (EC) sites in the study area. Our modeled results were encouraging, with reasonable fidelity to observed values, although some negative biases (i.e., seasonal underestimates of GPP) were apparent. Our finding on preliminary parameterization of the sagebrush shrub PFT is an important step towards subsequent studies on shrubland ecosystems using EDv2.2 or any other process-based ecosystem model.
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Walsh, Christopher J., Matthew J. Burns, Tim D. Fletcher, Darren G. Bos, Peter Poelsma, Joshphar Kunapo, and Moss Imberger. "Linking stormwater control performance to stream ecosystem outcomes: Incorporating a performance metric into effective imperviousness." PLOS Water 1, no. 2 (February 15, 2022): e0000004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000004.
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Stormwater control measures, such as raingardens, tanks, or wetlands, are often employed to mitigate the deleterious effects of urban stormwater drainage on stream ecosystems. However, performance metrics for control measures, most commonly pollutant-load reduction, have not permitted prediction of how they will change stream ecosystems downstream. Stream ecosystem responses have more commonly been predicted by catchment-scale measures such as effective imperviousness (percentage of catchment with impervious cover draining to sealed drains). We adapt effective imperviousness, weighting it by a performance metric for stormwater control measures aimed at stream protection, the stream stormwater impact metric. Weighted effective imperviousness can serve as a predictor of stream response to stormwater control. We demonstrate its application in a before-after-control-reference-impact experiment aiming to test if stream health is improved by dispersed stormwater control measures. Trends in weighted effective imperviousness showed wide variation in degree of stormwater control achieved in the six experimental sub-catchments, despite similar effort in implementing control measures across the sub-catchments. Greater reductions in weighted effective imperviousness (on a log-scale, on which stream response is predicted) per unit effort were observed in smaller catchments with lower starting effective imperviousness. While implementation of control measures was sufficient to expect a stream response in at least two of the experimental sub-catchments, we did not achieve the reduction in effective imperviousness that we were aiming for. Primary limitations to success were the lack of available space in these established suburbs, particularly for final control measures near pipe outlets into streams, and a lack of demand for harvested stormwater. The use of the continuous variable, weighted effective imperviousness, to measure impact on streams, and the protracted period of SCM implementation that varied among catchments, required a new approach to modelling “before-after-control-impact” experiments, which has potentially broader application.
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Malikov, R. I., V. V. Arapov, and G. F. Shaykhutdinova. "MODERN ASPECTS OF THE EFFECTIVE USE OF BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS IN THE ACTIVITIES OF BUSINESS STRUCTURES." Bulletin USPTU Science education economy Series economy 1, no. 43 (2023): 42–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.17122/2541-8904-2023-1-43-42-48.
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The article discusses the current aspects of the digital transformation of the economy and focuses on the issues of choosing the most suitable business ecosystems for the use of business ecosystems. Considering the growing role of digitalization in all areas of business activity, the authors analyze the index of digitalization of economic and social sectors by industry for 2020 and 2021. A scheme for the implementation of electronic interactions of the main subjects of business relations is presented. The additional skills necessary for an entrepreneur in the process of building a configuration of an internal business ecosystem are described, taking into account the peculiarities of the development of their own enterprise. The importance and growing role of the use of business ecosystems in entrepreneurial activity is substantiated. A diagram of the advantages and disadvantages of business digitalization is presented. It is substantiated that entrepreneurs need to more carefully select existing and newly emerging business ecosystems for use. A model is proposed for the expected increase in profitability for an entrepreneur in the process of building the configuration of the internal business ecosystem, taking into account the development of his own enterprise, the likelihood of its successful alignment, as well as the costs of finding and analyzing suitable business ecosystems, the costs of acquiring and maintaining the internal business ecosystem being built. ecosystem, the cost of integrating and pairing existing software products and technologies with business ecosystems on unified digital platforms that are part of the built-in configuration of the internal business ecosystem. The effects of the successful use of the configuration of the internal business ecosystem are described, taking into account the peculiarities of the development of one's own enterprise: an increase in the number of customers, growth in sales and profits, acceleration of business processes, reduction in the cost of finding additional customers, an increase in the speed of obtaining management information to make timely operational decisions on improving business performance. On the basis of the considered model of the expected increase in profitability for an entrepreneur as a result of using the built-up internal business ecosystem, taking into account the peculiarities of the development of one's own enterprise, it is concluded that it is necessary to increase the likelihood of successful implementation of the applied business ecosystems (P), and recommendations are proposed to minimize negative effects from building your own configuration of the internal business ecosystem, taking into account the development priorities of the enterprise.
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Liu, Sha, Jie Gao, Xin Liu, Zeqiang Huang, and Tianyu Zheng. "Establishing high performance AI ecosystem on Sunway platform." CCF Transactions on High Performance Computing 3, no. 3 (September 2021): 224–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42514-021-00072-x.
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Samiullah, Abdul Sami, and Tooba Ahmad. "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Performance of SMEs in Pakistan." International Journal of Economics and Business Administration IX, Issue 2 (May 1, 2021): 192–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.35808/ijeba/697.
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Davis, Tom. "Towards a Relational Understanding of the Performance Ecosystem." Organised Sound 16, no. 2 (June 28, 2011): 120–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355771811000069.
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This article seeks to form a deeper understanding of the performance ecosystem by drawing parallels with Bourriaud's Relational Aesthetics and Guattari's conception of subjectivity as outlined in Chaosmosis. Through an examination of participation within performance, and a recognition of the mutability of the roles of performer, listener, instrument and environment in the creation of the music event, this article examines the place of subjectivity, the capacity for self-creation, in the formation of a group aesthetic. Such a concept places the creation of meaning not within the individual participant but rather within the relationship between participants in a situation, a relationship that recognises the interaction between individuals, societies and institutions in its production. Such a discussion helps further our understanding of the performance ecosystem as a conceptual tool.
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Iansiti, Marco, and Gregory L. Richards. "The Information Technology Ecosystem: Structure, Health, and Performance." Antitrust Bulletin 51, no. 1 (March 2006): 77–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003603x0605100104.
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