Prof. Dr. Michael Hilb is Founder and CEO of DBP Group, a business group that develops growth platforms in Asia and Europe. He serves on various supervisory boards, including Klingelnberg and the Board Foundation, is Titular Professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and lectures on issues of strategy, entrepreneurship and corporate governance at universities in Asia and Europe. Michael graduated from the University of St. Gallen with an MSc and a PhD in Management, was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and INSEAD and completed executive education programs at IMD, HBS and MIT.

Introduction 5
Section A: Foundations of Ecosystem Governance 9
From Corporate to Ecosystem Governance, Michael Hilb 11
Governing Democratized Platform Ecosystems, Kilian Schmück and Nicolas Gilgen 23
Section B: Business Perspectives on Ecosystem Governance 31
Multidextrous Strategy – How to Excel in Platform-driven Ecosystems, Michael Hilb 33
How to Successfully Launch a Digital Ecosystem Business – The Role of Communications, Karin Taheny 43
Section C: Organizational Perspectives on Ecosystem Governance 51
The Power of Power in Shaping Organizations, Michael Hilb 53
Driving Transversal Collaboration in Ecosystems, Nicolas Bürer 64
Section D: Legal Perspectives on Ecosystem Governance 71
The Group as a Guiding Model for Ecosystem Governance, Felix Horber and Christina Lusti . 73
The Association as a Guiding Model for Ecosystem Governance, Dante Alighieri Disparte . 80
Section E: Applications of Ecosystem Governance . 87
Leveraging Digital Ecosystems – How to Transform a Traditional Publisher into a Leading Ecosystem Player, Stefano Santinelli . 89
The Role of Governance to Grow Ecosystems – Lessons Learned from a Public-private Distributed Ledger Technology Journey, Ulrich Schimpel 98