Digital Ecosystem, Disintermediation, and Disruption

Chapter 31 deals with Digital Ecosystem, Disintermediation, and Disruption. A definition of digital ecosystem is followed by a description of the digital ecosystem structure. The fundamentals, opportunities, and risks of digital disintermediation are then discussed. These are explained in more detail with the help of a case study using HelloFresh as an example company. The chapter then deals with digital disruption. After presenting the forms of digital disruption, the Nine-Level Model of Digital Disruption and the value creation models in the context of digital disruption are discussed. After a presentation of the entrepreneurial strategies for digital disruption, the knowledge is illustrated using the example of Netflix as a case study.