TSMA Yearbook 2018

70 2018 Yearbook In the Innovation Ecosystem, the Opportunities for the Sporting Goods Industry Dr. Bo-Wei Huang, Chief of Medical Device Industrial Service Department Metal Industries Research & Development Center (MIRDC) Definition and Appearance of Ecosystem Going with fast-changing technology and environment, a great number of industrial frontiers have grown complex and diverse. In the current business environment, one single company cannot meet all the demands of clients but to involve other companies to participate or the supportive business ecosystem to operate together. Then they can get the satisfactory feedbacks from the client. Definition of Business Ecosystem Business ecosystem is to apply the concept of ecosystem in biology to business management field, that is, ecosystem refers to a specific living environment including all the living beings and such an environment. In 1935, Tansley initially raised such a concept which emphasized organism and physical environment are inseparable; the both elements shall be regarded as a whole.