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Topic: Business Law
Sort Desciption: Digital Business Ecosystems in Developing Countries. An Introduction. James F. Moore. Berkman Center for Internet and Society Harvard Law School ...
Content Inside: Digital Business Ecosystems in Developing Countries An Introduction James F. Moore Berkman Center for Internet and Society Harvard Law School Digital business ecosystems in developing countries Like individual plants or animals individual businesses cannot thrive alonethey must develop in clusters or economic ecosystems. Agriculture requires not only farms but an infrastructure of roads and ports on which transport companies can move the goods supporting a network of storage facilities distributor and finally consumer markets. In total these complementary activities make up what might be termed an agricultural business ecosystem. Academically the study of economic ecosystems has traditionally been the province of economic geographersthemselves a complementary combination of economists urban and regional planners and development experts and geographers. In the past few years this field has become quite lively as its insights have proven helpful in promoting economic development. Digital business ecosystems require a number of specialized complementary contributions in addition to depending on many of the same supporting capabilities of other types of enterprises. The specialized digitally-relevant capabilities are often described in layers corresponding roughly to the progression from underlying network infrastructure through hardware devices to software and finally to services of direct use to consumers and businesses. Internet services depend upon telecommunications companies to provide basic connectivity on Internet Service Providers to set up maintain and charge for Internet service accounts andespecially in the case of businessesInternet applications require technical services ranging from systems integration to software development and installation and education and user support. In biological systems some capabilities cannot emerge prior to others. In the mountains aspen trees and other nitrogen-fixing plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammon ...
