Digital Ecosystems References :
Books, Papers, Movies, Websites and other Info Resources

Books

2007;Digital Business Ecosystems : The results and the perspectives of the Digital Business Ecosystem research and development activities in FP6 ("DE book") by Francesco Nachira, Andrea Nicolai, Paolo Dini, Lorena Rivera Lèon, Marion Le Louarn (Editors), is available on-line .
You can also ask for a free hardcopy filling the request form which is available at his address .

2007;The Digital Business Ecosystem : by Angelo Corallo, Giuseppina Passiante, Andrea Prencipe (Editors), Edward Elgar Publishing, July 2007, 264 pp £ 65.00

Key Papers: Policies for building Innovation Ecosystems (see also slides,presentations and events)

The Digital Business Ecosystem: Roots, Processes and Perspectives
2007; Francesco Nachira, Paolo Dini, Andrea Nicolai, within Digital Business Ecosystems, EC-2007

Position paper following the cycle of workshops 2005 and the on-line debate among the digital ecosystem community
2005; Paolo Dini et alii, The Digital Ecosystem research Vision: 2010 and Beyond,

User requirements emerged from the 2005 cycle of workshops
2005; Conclusions of the FP7 Workshop on Needs and Requirements of Regions "Towards Business Cases and User-Oriented Services in Digital Business Ecosystems",

Discussion paper which collected the first inputs and launched the digital ecosystem inititative
2002; Francesco Nachira et ali Towards a network of digital business ecosystems fostering the local development on-line paper;

Conclusions emerged from the 2002 cycle of workshops
2002; Conclusions of the brainstorming workshop on the Digital Ecosystem concept on-line document;

Short introductions

2006; DG-INFSO D5, Digital Ecosystems: The New Global Commons for SMEs and local growth

2006; DG-INFSO D5, Why Digital Ecosystems ? Towards Innovation Ecosystems, Research issues

2006; DG-INFSO, What is an European Digital Ecosystem ? Policy Priorities and Goals , (F.Nachira, M.Le Louarn), Bruxelles February 2006.

2005; DG-INFSO / ICT for Enterprise Networking FP6 - Presentation of the "Technologies for Digital Ecosystem" Sector, annual report, December 2005.

2005; F. Nachira, What is a Digital Ecosystem ? Essence of the Digital Ecosystem in 2 pages, on-line paper, February 2005.

DBE Project; Focused animated general introduction movies


Papers, Websites directly related (see also slides,presentations and events)

2006; D5 Description of the “Technologies for Digital Ecosystems” sector included in the 2005 report from Unit “ICT for Enterprise
Networking” of DG Information Society and Media, due to be published in early 2006., due to be published early 2006.

2006; F. Nachira, Keynote speech to the Joined ICEB + eBRF Global Conference on Emergent Business Phenomena in the Digital Economy - 28/11-1/12, 2006 - Tampere(Finland): The European Innovation Ecosystem Initiative for SMEs and Regional Development [with associated slides in ppt] [slides in pdf]

2005; A. Di Corinto, Fostering Local Economies

2004; F. Nachira The FP7 vision of the Sector “Technologies for Digital Ecosystems” and its integration within the “ICT for Business” research activities ( evolving document ), on-line paper, December 2004;

2005; A. Di Corinto, N. Rathbone The new Common Land , DBE Digest #1, January 2005

2004; P. Dini, T. Helokunnas, P. Ferronato, A. Corallo, N. Rathbone Towards a semantically rich business modelling language for the automatic composition of webservices

2004; A. Di Corinto, N. Rathbone, DBE and eEconomy -- , December 2004

2004; T. Heistracher, T. Kurz, C. Masuch, P. Ferronato, M. Vidal, A. Corallo, P. Dini, and G. Briscoe Pervasive service architecture for a digital business ecosystem. In ECOOP First International Workshop on Coordination and Adaptation Techniques for Software Entities (WCAT04), Oslo, June 2004

2003; Paolo Dini, (London School of Economic, UK); Tuija Helokunnas, (Institute of Business Information Management, Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Pierfranco Ferronato, (Soluta srl, Italy); Angelo Corallo, (ISUFI-University of Lecce, Italy); Neil Rathbone, (Daventry House Ltd, UK) Toward a Semantically rich Business Modelling language for the automatic composition of services eBRC - Tampere e-Business Research center

2003; Paolo Dini, Andrea Nicolai DBE - The Digital Business Ecosystem (an introduction to the DBE project) on-line paper;

2002; Hannele Ihonen eEurope godigital: SME Research - Digital Business Ecosystems on-line webpage;

2004; www.digital-ecosystem.org Website of DBE an Integrated Project on Digital Ecosystems;

Definitions

Papers from Projects

Papers from other initiatives

Papers from Regions and Local Clusters

Background Books and Papers

DISCLAIMER
This section takes in account suggestions provided by the Digital Ecosystem Community
Since this is the result of a collective work; it will be moved by end of February to a Wiki,
in order to make clear that it is the result of a collaborative work and to get a broader contribution

Business Ecosystems : Economic and Legal aspects, Local Development

1992; Manuel Castells, Pekka Himanen The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model Oxford University Press

1996; James F. Moore, The Death of Competition, Leadership & Strategy in the Age of Business Ecosystems Harper Business, 1996

1992; Michael L Rothschild Bionomics Henry Holt

2001; Thomas Power, George Jerjian Ecosystem: Living the 12 Principles of Networked Business Financial Times Prentice Hall

----; James F. Moore, John Palfrey, Urs Gasser ICT and Entrepreneurship: Digital Business Ecosystems and the Law The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harward Law School

----; James F. Moore Digital Business Ecosystems in Developing Countries - An Introduction The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harward Law School

2001; Anna Pollock Leon Benjamin Shifting Sands: The Tourism Ecosystem in Transformation DESTiCORP Limited

2004; Claudio di Giorgio, André van der Meer, Meirion Thomas Research and Innovation for Sustainable Regional Development Elanet Project

2004; Marco Iansiti, Roy Levien The Keystone Advantage Harward Business School Press
"This is an important book that should be read by everyone interested in the dynamic of modern business" [Bill Gates]

2004; IANIS-ERISA newsletter, September 2004

System Theory and Epistemology

2002 Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Linked - The new science of networks Perseus Publishing

1993; Stuart A. Kauffman The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution Oxford University Press;

2002; Peter J. Bentley Digital Biology Simon & Schuster;

1995; Stafford Beer Platform for Change John Wiley & Son Ltd;

1962; Thomas Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolution University of Chicago Press;

2002; Manuel De Landa A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History Zone Books;

1980; Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela Autopoiesis and Cognition: The realization of Living D.Reidel Pub.;

1987; Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding Shambhala;

1980; Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores Understanding Computers and and Cognition: A new foundation for design Ablex Publishing Corporation;

2001; Paul Cilliers Complexity and postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems Routlege

----; The Observer web: Autopoiesis and Enaction; Randall Whitaker

----; www.evonet.polytechnique.fr Website of EvoNET a Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing;

2003; Morris B. Holbrook; Adventures in Complexity: An Essay on Dynamic Open Complex Adaptive Systems, Butterfly Effects, Self-Organizing Order, Coevolution, the Ecological Perspective, Fitness Landscapes, Market Spaces, Emergent Beauty at the Edge of Chaos, and All That Jazz; Columbia University; http://www.amsreview.org/articles/holbrook06-2003.pdf

Commons, IPR and Cyberspace rights

2004; Adam B. Jaffe & Josh Lerner Innovation and its discontents: How our broken patent system is endangering innovation and progress and what to do about it ;

2002; Lawrence Lessig The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World Vintage Books;

2001 Siva Vaidhyanathan Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity New York University Press;

2003; Peter Drahos, John Braithwaite Information Feudalism: Who owns the knowledge economy? New Press; The authors trace the history of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), and the profound trasformations in information ownership. The book explores the consequences for the ownership of digital technology, and for all those who will have to pay for what was once shared information.

Virtual Communities and Social Constituencies

2002; Howard Reingold Smart Mobs: The next social revolution Perseus Publishing

Legal and ICT Architectural Issues

2000; Lawrence Lessig Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace Basic Books;

2004; Network Working Group: J. Kempf, Ed., R. Austein, Ed. RFC 3724 - The Rise of the Middle and the Future of End-to-End: Reflections on the Evolution of the Internet Architecture The Internet Society

1995; Raul Espejo Viable System Model: Interpretations and Applications of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model John Wiley & Son Ltd; (see also the Charles Herrig's thesis: Viable Software - The intelligent control paradigm for Adaptable and Adaptive Architectures)

1991; John Walker The Viable System Model: A guide for cooperatives and federations. Manual for the diagnosis and design of organisational structures to enable social economy enterprises to function with increased efficiency without compromising democratic principles on line; Based on "The Viable Systems Model Pack", originally published as part of the SMSE Strategic Management in the Social Economy training programme carried out by ICOM, CRU, CAG and Jon Walker with the financial assistance of Directorate General XXIII of the Commission of the European Communities)

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Digital Ecosystem Information Sources

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