TY - CHAP A1 - Damwerth, Philipp A1 - Bach, Norbert A1 - Buchholz, Wolfgang T1 - Ecosystem Emergence and Founding Conditions - Lessions Learned from an Imprinting Perspective N2 - The rise of ecosystem prominence has provided several definitions of how we understand ecosystems nowadays. In this context, several scholars have considered influencing factors for ecosystem emergence. This paper addresses this consideration and analyzes the salient characteristics of different ecosystem types and their potential persistence since ecosystem founding to improve the understanding of emergence. We applied a three-step approach (1) identifying ecosystem types based on bibliometric analysis, (2) exploring salient characteristics per ecosystem type using qualitative content analysis and (3) deriving founding conditions from the salient characteristics following a conceptual approach. Based on a bibliometric analysis, we identified business/innovation, entrepreneurial and service ecosystems. In a second step, we developed salient characteristics within the themes of structure, power constellation/interdependencies and governance by inductive coding. As we identified a significant difference in alignment structure, we analyzed if alignment structure persists since ecosystem origin and explains why ecosystems differ. We analyzed potential pairings between alignment structure and their respective founding condition for every ecosystem type. With the alignment structures’ persistence, we can better understand why ecosystem types differ. KW - ecosystems KW - ecosystem emergence KW - imprinting KW - founding conditions KW - bibliometric analysis Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Delke, Vincent A1 - Buchholz, Wolfgang A1 - Schiele, Holger T1 - Specifying roles in purchasing and supply management in the era of Industry 4.0: A Delphi study T2 - 28th EurOMA conference: Managing the “new normal”: The future of Operations and Supply Chain Management in unprecedented times N2 - New technologies and systems within the field of purchasing and supply management (PSM) call forth responsibilities and require expertise. Moving towards Industry 4.0 in purchasing, increasing attention on specialization within talent and skills, where human capital is needed to exploit the full potential of technologies. Based on an internet-based real-time Delhi study with 47 experts within the PSM field, six future purchasing roles have been defined and elaborated. These future roles connect to the maturing and emerging technologies within the purchasing field and provide a guideline to further develop towards Industry 4.0 in purchasing based on a human-centered evolutionary approach. Y1 - 2021 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Delke, Vincent A1 - Schiele, Holger A1 - Buchholz, Wolfgang T1 - Identifying Future Skills Requirements: Differentiating between Direct and Indirect Material Purchasers T2 - Proceedings 29th IPSERA conference N2 - The global development towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the so-called Industry 4.0, is steaming forwards. Where cyber-physical systems connect the physical and digital world, allowing for demand identification, without the need for direct human intervention. Further, Artificial Intelligence supports various parts of operative and strategic purchasing. The new purchasing environment forces purchasing professionals to develop new skills. Research is needed to identify appropriate skill sets. Based on a World-Café method with 82 purchasing professionals, a list of 32 essential future skills in purchasing is composed. Further, the identified skills are ranked and assigned to the roles of the direct and indirect material purchasers. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Delke, Vincent A1 - Schiele, Holger A1 - Buchholz, Wolfgang T1 - Mind the Gap: Identifying Skill Gaps in Purchasing and Supply Management T2 - Proceedings 29th IPSERA conference N2 - Nowadays, the human-centric discipline of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is of strategic importance for firms’ success. Within the discipline, scholars address PSM professionals’ skills and provide practitioners with academic insights. Due to changes in the industry environment, changes in the working environment and the task of purchasing professionals are assumed. This paper aims to contribute to the PSM professional skills literature by defining current PSM professionals’ skill gaps as the difference between the acquired skill level and perceived skill importance. Findings show that current PSM professionals feel to be underqualified to abstract the full potential of professional relationships, as buyer-supplier relationships, due to current PSM professionals’ skill gaps. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Delke, Vincent A1 - Schiele, Holger A1 - Buchholz, Wolfgang A1 - Stek, Klaas T1 - Defining Industry 4.0 skills in purchasing and supply management T2 - 28th EurOMA conference: Managing the “new normal”: The future of Operations and Supply Chain Management in unprecedented times N2 - To increase maturity within purchasing and supply management (PSM), future purchasing skills are needed based on the technological development towards Industry 4.0. Past research, eg, the work of Bals, Schulze, Kelly, and Stek (2019), started to address this issue based on literature review and interview studies. However, a detailed description of these skills is missing. Utilizing a real-time Delhi study with 45 experts within the PSM field, nine future purchasing skills have been elaborated. Identified skills connect to the maturing and emerging technologies within purchasing and provide a guideline towards Industry 4.0 in purchasing based on a human-centric perspective. Y1 - 2021 ER -