(Ebook) The Political Economy of Digital Ecosystems by Meelis Kitsing ISBN 9780367653972, 9780367653989, 9781003129264, 0367653974

(Ebook) The Political Economy of Digital Ecosystems by Meelis Kitsing ISBN 9780367653972, 9780367653989, 9781003129264, 0367653974

This book connects political economy perspectives with scenario planning formapping out future trajectories of digital ecosystems. The focus is purposefullyon digital ecosystems as it encompasses economic, political and social contextson a global, national and local level. The diversity of political economyapproaches allows the author to explore alternative meanings of digital ecosystemdevelopment, which is particularly useful for envisioning alternative futures.Often visions about the future of digital ecosystems suffer from a lack ofimagination and confirmation bias, which is favorable to the extrapolation ofcurrent trends. A wide range of political economy perspectives applied throughpositivist theorizing in this book shows different interpretations of developmentsin digital ecosystems. Scenario planning teams around the world have applied acollective imagination to show how future trajectories can be radically differentfrom the current trends. The book outlines meta-scenarios for alternative futuresof the political economy of digital ecosystems by reviewing and synthesizing thework of foresight teams. These meta-scenarios served as insights for developingfour scenarios for European digital ecosystems through the workshops withhigh-level executives and experts. The scenarios identified the nature of EUcooperation and the development of digital infrastructure as key drivers.