Digital Platform Ecosystems Strategies: Winning in the Digital Economy

This edition is special for me as I will discuss a topic I became fascinated with several years ago and decided to spend several years researching to understand its nature and impact on businesses. Several years ago, despite its simplicity, a question appeared with no answer for me. The question is why some digital enterprises were able to win in the new digital economy and were able to be transferred into technology giants. In contrast, many others failed even to survive. However, I decided to investigate and research this dilemma with the highest and most rigorous scientific approach possible. I made it my mission to uncover the key factors that separated successful and thriving digital enterprises from failures that failed to survive and express the results in what can be called "Digital Platform Ecosystems Strategies."

Due to the embedded complexity of the topic, it will need to publish many issues either within this LinkedIn newsletter or in another publications outlet to clearly define the business and management research question and explain the results obtained at the end of the research journey. Although these can come in the following weeks or months, the reader can get a good idea of the business topic and its significance by reading the following previously published newsletter issues in sequence:

1. FinTech 4.0: The Superpower of Digital (Platforms) Economy
2. Digital Ecosystems as Engines of the Digital (Platforms) Economy
3. FinTech 4.0 Future Strategies: The ABCD-Based Platformization
4. Generative AI Role in FinTech 4.0 ABCD-Platformization Strategies
5. Blockchain Role in FinTech 4.0 ABCD-Platformization Strategies
6. Value Engineering Strategies for Digital (Platform) Ecosystems

However, it is worth mentioning that although the above-mentioned issues of this newsletter focused on the FinTech industry, the logic discussed and explained can be generalized in many other sectors. The principles and strategies discussed earlier can be applied to various industries. Furthermore, the scope of the above-mentioned six issues and the scope of the research thesis don't exactly match each other 100%, and of course, there is a massive difference in the depth of the discussions.

This research journey ended by obtaining an "AMBA-Accredited Executive Doctor of Business Administration" dual degree from [1] SKEMA Business School - France & Business Science Institute - Luxembourg and [2] iaelyon School of Management at Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III) - France (a member of IAE FRANCE - Ecoles Universitaires de Management ). This DBA program is one of only twelve prestigious programs worldwide that are currently accredited by the Association of MBAs .

Finally, it was an incredible learning journey of self-discovery, and at the end, you feel full of gratitude for those who helped you become a better person. So, I would like to offer my special warm gratitude to Prof.?Michel KALIKA, President and Scientific Advisor of the & Business Science Institute - Luxembourg, and Emeritus Professor at Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III) , iaelyon School of Management - France, for his invaluable encouragement during the long challenging, but rewarding, journey. From my deep heart, I would also like to offer my exceptional warm gratitude to Prof.?Xavier Lecocq, Professor of Strategic Management at the Université de Lille , IAE-Lille University School of Management,?France, for his outstanding guidance during the so insightful supervisory journey. Nothing was supposed to be achieved without his outstanding supervision. Furthermore, I offer my special warm gratitude to Prof.?Nathalie Mitev, Research Associate at the Université Paris Dauphine - PSL ,?France, for her guidance and support as my academic advisor for this doctorate program from early admission until successful graduation.?

In addition, I am also very grateful to all the following professors for their invaluable feedback at various stages of my doctoral research, all of whom had a tremendous impact on this learning journey. In surname alphabetical order, the professors are Prof. Martin CLOUTIER, Prof.?Christophe Elie-Dit-Cosaque, Prof.?Cécile Godé, Prof.?Kiane Goudarzi, Prof.?Judith Holton, Prof.?Emmanuel Josserand, Prof.?Olivier Lavastre, Prof.?Ulrike Mayrhofer, Prof.?Lapo Mola, Prof.?Jean Moscarola, Prof.?Chitu Okoli, Prof.?Jessie Pallud, Prof.?marc VALAX, and Prof.?Isabelle Walsh.

With them, the journey itself was the actual prize, not the destination.