Ecosystems as Network Forms of Business Organization

Thearticle is aimed at developing methodological aspects ofbuilding and functioning of business ecosystems on the basis of digital platforms. The review of foreign experience in-building business ecosystems and the analysis of 1C Company - the Russian business ecosystem - has made it possible to conclude that business ecosystemshave similar basic structure including four main types of players, irrespective of awide variety of digital platforms on whichsuch ecosystems are built. Using the example of 1C Company,the main actors of a business ecosystem are identiffied, possible distribution of tasks between them are specified and the fundamental features of network ecosystem aredescribed. It has been shown that a certain level of openness of digital platformsmaximizesthecapacity of independent participants to develop digital platforms and business ecosystemsbuilt on the basis of such platforms.