The Open-Closed Spectrum

The Open-Closed-Spectrum addresses the changing boundaries of and within business systems. That means there are closed (i.e. controllable by a certain entity) – and open (i.e. not controllable) elements of a business system. Traditionally, most parts of a business (e.g., innovation, development and production) happened in a quite closed environment (i.e. confidential and hidden from external views). Recently, we experience a tendency towards opening up and connecting with partners, customers and even competitors. In this report you find thoughts about new ways of collaboration among the stakeholders of a business, new business models and changes of eco systems due to new boundaries.