Ecosystems that support digital businesses maximize the economic value of network connections. This forces a shift toward platforms and ecosystems that are collaborative by nature by applying business models with multiple actors playing multiple roles. The purpose of this study is to show how the main concepts emerging from research on digital platform ecosystems (DPEs) could be organized in a taxonomy-based framework with different levels or dimensions of analysis. This study discusses some of the contingencies at these different levels and argues that future research needs to study DPEs across multiple levels of analysis. While this integrative framework allows the comparison, contrast and integration of various perspectives at different levels of analysis, further theorizing will be needed to advance the DPE research. The multidimensional framework proposed here involves the use of a multimethodological approach that incorporates a synergy of businesses, technological innovations and management methods to provide support for research in interrelationships across platform ecosystems (PEs) on a regular basis.,This paper proposes a new PE framework by constructing a formal taxonomy model that explains a vast group of phenomena produced by the PEs.,In addition to illustrating the PE taxonomy framework, this study also proposes a clear and precise description and structuring of the information in the ecosystem domain. The PE framework assists in identification, creation, assessment and disclosure research of platform business ecosystems.,Because of the large number of taxonomy concepts (over 200), only main taxonomy fragments are shown in the paper.,The outcomes of this research could be used for planning, oversight and control over ecosystem management and the use of ecosystem’s knowledge-related resources for research purposes.,The PE framework is original and represents an effective tool for observing PEs.

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多维平台生态框架

支持数字业务的生态系统可最大限度地提高网络连接的经济价值。这迫使通过应用多个参与者扮演多个角色的商业模式，转向本质上具有协作性的平台和生态系统。本研究的目的是展示如何将数字平台生态系统 (DPE) 研究中出现的主要概念组织在具有不同分析级别或维度的基于分类法的框架中。本研究讨论了这些不同级别的一些意外情况，并认为未来的研究需要跨多个分析级别研究 DPE。虽然这个综合框架允许在不同分析层次上对各种观点进行比较、对比和整合，但需要进一步理论化以推进 DPE 研究。这里提出的多维框架涉及使用多方法方法，结合业务、技术创新和管理方法的协同作用，定期为跨平台生态系统 (PE) 的相互关系研究提供支持。,本文提出了一个新的 PE 框架通过构建一个正式的分类模型来解释由 PE 产生的大量现象。除了说明 PE 分类框架外，本研究还提出了对生态系统领域信息的清晰准确的描述和结构。PE框架协助平台商业生态系统的识别、创建、评估和披露研究。,由于分类概念数量众多（超过200个），本文仅展示主要分类片段。，