%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T The Strategies of Technology Startups Within and Between Business Ecosystems %A Taina Tukiainen %A Thommie Burström %A Martin Lindell %K boundaries %K business ecosystems %K entrepreneurship %K startups %K strategy %X Technology startups build strategies in order to survive within the framework of business ecosystems. However, the knowledge required to make such strategies effective is scarce. This article poses the question: “How do small technology startups strategize within and between business ecosystems?” Based on an explorative qualitative study, this article defines and presents a dynamic strategic framework of three strategies employed by technology startups. Some startups choose to act within one defined business ecosystem, most startups use a multi-ecosystem strategy to act between and draw benefits from many business ecosystems, and the rest act as ecosystem creators that challenge the logics of existing ecosystems. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 25-41 %8 06/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1247 %N 6 %1 Aalto University Taina Tukiainen is Professor of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Aalto University in Finland. She is also a Cabinet Member of the First Vice President of the EU Committee of the Regions. She has worked for over 10 years at Nokia Corporation and over 15 years globally in universities. Her research interests are entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, and technology management. Her doctoral dissertation is titled The Unexpected Benefits of Internal Corporate Ventures: An Empirical Examination of the Consequences of Investment in Corporate Ventures (2004), and her latest related books are The Finnish Startups in Globally Evolving Ecosystems: Value for Finland (2014) and The Regional Innovation Ecosystems (2016). She has published in Organization Science and MIT Sloan Management Review and has a wide international network. %2 Hanken School of Economics Thommie Burström is Rettig Capital Assistant Professor of Management and Organisation at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. His academic interests are in projects, entrepreneurship, business ecosystems, and platform management. Thommie has published papers in, for example, the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. %3 Hanken School of Economics Martin Lindell is Professor Emeritus in Entrepreneurship and Management at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. His research interests are in entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation, strategy, and leadership. He has published in many international journals including, among others, Leadership Quarterly, Scandinavian Journal of Management, International Strategic Management and Organization, Journal of Small Business Management, and European Management Journal. He has a wide international network and has been an active member in several international research projects. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1247