Digital platforms have revolutionized the dynamics of value creation, in particular with the emergence of new value chains, based on the "two-sided network effects". This new kind of value chain has notably inspired new approaches to organizations and accelerated the emergence of business ecosystems. This dynamic of functional meta matrix organization in which several independent organizations decide to act together - as participants around the same conductor - in the greater interest of common purpose, creates "ecosystem value", complementary to the value that each of them creates independently, both beneficial to each party and beneficial to the external environment in which they act collectively. Ecosystems are the cornerstone of an organizational model to address the Grand challenges of our century, to multiply the impact of forces for good, while leveraging the "two-sided network effects" allowed by digital technologies.

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Business Ecosystem: a functional meta matrix organization in which several independent organizations decide to act together - as participants around the same conductor - in the greater interest of common purpose - creating "ecosystem value", complementary to the value that each of them creates independently, both beneficial to each party and beneficial to the external environment in which they act collectively.