Business ecosystems

A Business Ecosystem is a collection of business services networks. A business community supported by a foundation of interacting organizations and individuals. This community produces goods and services of value to customers, who are themselves members of the ecosystem. The member organizations also include suppliers, lead producers, competitors, and other stakeholders.

Those companies holding leadership roles may change over time, but the function of ecosystem leader is valued by the community because it enables members to move toward shared visions to align their investments, and to find mutually supportive roles (Wikipedia).

This object (Business Ecosystems) lets us capture the already existing customer artifacts or even the models designed by the SOBA Architect in conjunction with the Business Analyst into the IBM® Business Services Composition Studio. This could be in the form of flowcharts or an elaborately designed model using tools like IBM WebSphere®

Business Modeler.

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