過去研究多以經濟層面探討生態系的成長與進化，缺乏產品開發與創新等相關的探討。不過在ICT商業生態系(Information Communication Technology Business Ecosystem)的成長與進化的過程中，技術平台業者就必須要考慮如何處理產品創新的複雜性，以及增加新進廠商進入到ICT商業生態系。過去的研究認為，技術平台促使產品結構具有標準介面而形成鬆散連結(loosely coupling)的企業關係，其結果是企業各自獨立解決問題來貢獻到ICT商業生態系的成長與進化。本研究採用「智能體基模型(agent-based model, ABM)」的NetLogo模擬程式來進行ICT商業生態系的成長與進化的模擬分析。基於模擬分析的結果，我們主張從問題解決的觀點，技術平台業者可以透過與特定技術平台業者保持緊密關係，並且釋出解決方案給其它使用技術平台企業，進而促使ICT商業生態系有著更快的成長與進化。

In the past, most studies explored the growth and evolution of ecosystem on the economic perspective, and lacked relevant discussions on product development and innovation. However, in the process of the growth and evolution of the ICT(Information Communication Technology) business ecosystem, technological platform company must consider how to deal with the complexity of product innovation and increase more new entrants into the ICT business ecosystem. Past researches suggest that the technological platform make the product architecture with a standard interface to form a loosely coupled interfirm relationship, which enable companies to solve problems independently and contribute to the growth and evolution of the ICT business ecosystem. This study use NetLogo, a simulation program of the agent-based model (ABM) to simulate the growth and evolution of the ICT business ecosystem. Based on the results of the simulation analysis, we propose that from the point of view of problem solving, technological platform company can keep a close relationship with specific complementor of technological platform and release solutions to other complementors of technological platform, thereby promoting ICT business ecosystem with faster growth and evolution.

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