The effect of digital platform adoption on the resilience of innovation ecosystems: An empirical analysis using social media data

The increasing complexity of innovation processes has led to the conceptualization of innovation ecosystems as complex systems. This study focuses on one underexplored property of such systems: their resilience to exogenous shocks. Specifically, we explore how digital platform adoption – accelerated since the COVID-19 pandemic – can facilitate internal reorganization within ecosystems following a shock by examining its effect on key systemic properties such as openness, diversity, coherence, and flexibility. Using network-based metrics and tests, we analyze a startup ecosystem on Twitter, advancing theoretical understanding of innovation ecosystem resilience and offering practical insights into the role of digital platforms.