[AISWorld] [AJIS] New Article: Exploring the Digital Business Ecosystem of the Internet of Things in Emerging Economies with a Focus on the Role of Pseudo-Private Companies

[Ajis Editor]

Hi,

The *Australasian Journal of In*formation Systems has just published its
latest article.


*Exploring the Digital Business Ecosystem of the Internet of Things in
Emerging Economies with a Focus on the Role of Pseudo-Private Companies*
Tahereh Saheb, Faranak Hosseinpouli Mamaghani
t.saheb at modares.ac.ir
doi: https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v25i0.2719

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the emerging drivers of the economy
that transforms the business landscape and forms of collaboration and value
creation. In this study, we performed a Delphi-based study to explore the
digital business ecosystem (DBE) of IoT in emerging economies, focusing on
power dynamics among actors, the processes of value co-creation,
topologies, and critical success factors affecting the health of the
ecosystem. We conducted two panels of a three-round Delphi study from 2017
through 2019 among Iranian IoT experts. This study identifies two types of
the digital business ecosystems surrounding IoT in Iran. One type comprises
only pseudo-private companies that have strong interactions with government
organizations and state-owned banks. The other type of digital business
ecosystem surrounding IoT technology comprises start-ups and private small
and medium companies that have no interaction with pseudo-private
companies. The interaction of start-ups and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
is mainly with universities. The study shows that pseudo-private companies
play a dominant role in the Business to Business (B2B) and Business to
Government (B2G) markets while SMEs and start-ups have a dominant role in
the B2C market and promote creativity and innovation in the Business to
Customer (B2C) market. This study extends the literature on digital
business ecosystems with a focus on the health of the DBEs of IoT
technologies and the potential for future innovation in the digital
economy.

#DigitalBusinessEcosystem #InternetofThings #EmergingEconomies #Co-Creation
#HealthofBusinessEcosystem #Pseudo-PrivateCompanies #NicheCreation

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