The business ecosystem approach has been widely used in research to analyze the role of different actors such as companies and their interdependencies within a specific business environment. However, research dealing with an emerging business ecosystem, where single actors, industry, and market structures are not clearly specified and only gradually evolve, is limited so far. Especially in emerging interindustry business ecosystems, the timely identification of potentially new cooperating sectors is highly relevant, as hitherto separate industry structures might converge. Accordingly, this article adopts an industry perspective allowing for the identification of relevant industry sectors, their respective industry affiliation as well as the development of an emerging business ecosystem.

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通过并购活动分析新兴商业生态系统：以生物经济为例

商业生态系统方法已广泛用于研究分析不同参与者（如公司）的作用及其在特定商业环境中的相互依存关系。然而，目前针对新兴商业生态系统的研究是有限的，在该生态系统中，单一参与者、行业和市场结构没有明确规定，只能逐渐演变。特别是在新兴的跨行业商业生态系统中，及时识别潜在的新合作部门非常重要，因为迄今为止不同的行业结构可能会融合。相应地，本文采用行业视角，识别相关行业领域、各自的行业从属关系以及新兴商业生态系统的发展。