The Ecosystem of the Digital Economy: A New Approach to the Study of Structural Features and Content

Abstract

The object of the study of the authors in this article is the ecosystem of the digital economy as a space formed by the institutions of the digital environment, in which the subjects interact, performing various functions, which are structured into subsystems and have access to common scalable resources in order to create “value” and meet human needs. The authors propose a new original approach to the disclosure of the structure of the digital economy ecosystem. The authors identify four independent subsystems-the business ecosystem, the consumer ecosystem, the ecosystem of talent and innovation, and the ecosystem of digital platforms and communications (depending on the functions performed by their constituent entities), as well as the institutions of the digital economy ecosystem linking them into a single whole. The specificity of value creation in the digital economy is investigated, which allowed to justify the priority role of the consumer ecosystem in the overall structure of the digital economy ecosystem. The article presents the characteristics of each of the selected subsystems of the digital economy ecosystem and assesses their current state. The authors justified the need to change the priorities of institutional regulation of the digital economy ecosystem in order to achieve the goals of digital development.