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This symposium extends the discourse on the non-linearity in industry evolution by exploring the multitude of uncertainties that characterizes nascent industries and how firms' distinct ways of addressing various uncertainties can dramatically shift the process of industry evolution. Five featured papers discuss the uncertainties associated with technologies, demand, and ecosystems in nascent industries and investigate the changes in evolutionary patterns, innovation trajectories, and knowledge generation. The papers use both quantitative and qualitative methods across different empirical settings, approaching the topic of uncertainty and industry evolution from complementary angles. The Spillover Effect of Innovation Failure in Nascent Industries Author: Hee Yeul (Tom) Kwon; U. of Southern California Author: Hyo Kang; U. of Southern California Exaptation and Technological Evolution: A Study of Carbon Capture Technologies Author: Ho-Wei Hsu; HEC Paris Author: Denisa Mindruta; HEC Paris Following Virtute and Knowledge: New Venture Creation in Nascent Industries Author: Jacopo Manotti; Politecnico di Milano School of Management Author: Silvia Sanasi; Free U. of Bozen-Bolzano Author: Antonio Ghezzi; Politecnico di Milano School of Management The Interplay of Data and Actors in Early Platform Emergence Author: Jack Lewis Fraser; Said Business School Author: Elizabeth J. Altman; U. of Massachusetts, Lowell Author: Pinar Ozcan; Oxford U., Saïd Business School Firms as Influencers: Shaping Industries through Knowledge and Collaboration Author: Mana Heshmati; U. of Washington [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While there has been an explosion of research on business ecosystems of late, the implications for strategic leadership research is rarely investigated. We propose this symposium to address two core questions to advance theory and research on business ecosystems and strategic leadership. First, what role do strategic leaders play in ecosystems' design, development, and evolution, including value co-creation? Second, what are the implications of business ecosystems for the extant strategic leadership theory and research? We bring together a panel of leading scholars to discuss these questions from their own research perspectives and to stimulate a set of questions for future research. We aim to build a vibrant community of scholars interested in these questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Platform governance is essential to platform success -- let alone a fair division of the surplus that platforms generate. Platforms compete both for final users, and for complementors, participants whose financial success depends on platform uptake. Motivating all sides of the platform to join -- be they dependent on it or not -- is important. As consequence, the question of platform governance, which defines how platforms shape and motivate interactions amongst users, is becoming increasingly critical. Recently, we have seen an upsurge of interest in new, alternative ways of governing platforms, such as by decentralizing decision making or creating completely new organizational forms. Our symposium aims to tack stock of these emerging conversations. In doing so, we hope to advance discussions on novel governance forms. Four distinguished platform scholars will present the state-of-the-art in regard to platform governance, critically reflect on the potential presented by new forms of governance and foreseen barriers, and engage with audience members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]