Based on a longitudinal study, this article presents a model located at the ecosystem level and analyzing the process of the disruptor’s interconnected activities, other ecosystem participants (customers, partners, media, analysts), and the incumbent operator (market leader). Together, they constitute a strategic process of ecosystem evolution centered on the incumbent operator in a first step towards the ecosystem centered on the disruptor in a second step. We identify the phenomenon of disruptive gambit, where the disruptor reveals its intentions from the beginning by an effective framing (framing) process, followed by a rapid adaptation of its business model to meet the needs within the new ecosystem. These processes generate a virtuous cycle of framing-adaptation, where the relationships with the ecosystem allow a rapid response to the needs of customers and partners, while engaging them as actors in the creation of the new ecosystem. Our results suggest that scoping is a strategic process allowing disruptors to reduce uncertainty, dislodge powerful legacy operators and shape new ecosystems through business model innovation.

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Prix EFMD FNEGE 2025 du Meilleur Ouvrage de Management – Catégorie puvrage de recherche collectif
Prix Syntec Conseil du Meilleur Ouvrage de Management
L’ouvrage examine les interactions entre la science et l’industrie à travers la notion de double impact, c’est-à-dire la capacité à produire à la fois des avancées scientifiques majeures et des innovations technologiques disruptives. Il met en lumière les leviers permettant de favoriser ces synergies, notamment par le transfert de connaissances, la coopération entre chercheurs et industriels, et des politiques d’innovation adaptées. L’objectif est de construire un écosystème où la recherche fondamentale et l’innovation industrielle se renforcent mutuellement au service du progrès économique et sociétal.
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- Management public, Management Stratégique

