What is a collaborative business ecosystem?
The term “collaborative business ecosystem” describes many types of groups, generally composed of companies, academic and research institutions and government organizations that focus on a common area of interest and engage in inter-entity collaboration to bring solutions to market. Ecosystems are also often called Industry Alliances, Special Interest groups (SIGs) , Forum and Consortium. They exist in many markets including high-tech, clean/green energy, health care, safety and construction. The solutions can be take the form of a cause, an industry standard, a common development platform and community, a methodology to test and certify products or simply promote solutions that are already available.
