The scientific literature related to business ecosystems is growing. However, the major part of this literature is devoted to so-called Digital Business Ecosystems (DBE) that are largely related to only the networking part of the business ecosystems, i.e., exchange of values among their participants. Other parts related to the work of a participating enterprise, as well as its suppliers and regulators, are often left outside. In this work, we take a different approach, namely, to model an ecosystem that exists around a specific enterprise. The work is based on the concepts transferred to business from biological cybernetics, such as structural coupling and autopoiesis. In this work, the Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM) is used for modeling business ecosystems. The goal is to suggest some patterns expressed in the modeling language that can help an enterprise build a model of the ecosystem of which the enterprise is in focus.

Autopoiesis means that a system constantly rebuilds itself, taking the components from the environment. The term applies to living systems, as well as to organizational systems. Scanning the environment is an essential part of enterprise activities needed for autopoiesis. This paper discusses the way to model activities of an enterprise related to acquiring assets/resources from the environment. Due to the limitation on size, the paper limits itself to modeling activities related to acquiring stakeholders, such as customers, employees, and partners. The Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM) is used for modeling. However, the ideas discussed in the paper could be potentially used to model the acquisition of assets using another modeling technique. The paper discusses what needs to be modeled and shows how it could be done using FEM.

This research note explores the future research agenda for Capability-Based Management (CBM) and the capability concept, building on discussions from the International Workshop on the Foundations and Applications of Capabilities in Enterprises, Transformations, and ESG Initiatives (FACETE). The note identifies two primary subdomains for advancement: establishing a harmonized foundation for the Capability and Capability Map concepts, and refining CBM practices. Key topics include developing dynamic, context-aware definitions and models; formalizing relationships; and improving the discovery, identification, and scalability of capabilities. Additionally, the note emphasizes the importance of clarifying capability ownership within complex organizational ecosystems. By addressing these areas, the research note calls for academics to conduct research that can enhance both the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of CBM, fostering greater clarity and efficacy in strategy formulation and implementation, and managing the operational configuration of an organization.

The tutorial goal is to give the attendees enough knowledge on the Fractal Enterprise Model and the supporting tools so that they can start building FEM themselves. FEM is an enterprise modeling technique that has four concepts and several types of relations between them. Two of the concepts, process and asset, are designated to describe the internal structure of an enterprise. Two other concepts, external actor and external pool, are designated to describe the environment in which the enterprise operates. The relations show the dependencies between the concepts. FEM can be used for various goals, e.g.: (1) building a model as-is to better understand how the enterprise operates or to find weak spots or missing activities or assets; (2) building a to-be model in case some organizational change is planned, for example changing the old IT systems for modern ones, (3) planning radical change, e.g., in case the enterprise has a risk of going out of business.

Risk analysis is a crucial aspect of ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. When an organization actively engages in process modeling and analysis, it gives a well-structured daily workflow. However, it is impossible to eliminate the potential impact of risks – risks cannot always be fully mitigated, and their realization can lead to negative consequences. Additionally, new risks (threats) emerge daily, which we have not encountered before. Therefore, it is essential to conduct risk analysis to minimize the negative impact of these threats. There are numerous methods and structures at the operational level to support risk management. This article will examine how the Fractal Enterprise Model could be used as a base for analyzing complex risk scenarios at the strategic level.

The tutorial will introduce a new concept – discovery power – that can be used to characterize an enterprise modeling language. The concept is different from, but connected to, the concept of expressive power. The concept is defined as "the degree of help provided by the structure of an enterprise modeling language to expand a partly built model or fill gaps in it". The concept is realized by discovery rules that are different for different modeling languages.

ADOxx is an environment that allows the creation of a toolkit for a specific modeling technique while using limited resources for development. The result is a toolkit for professional modelers that can be run on Windows, Linux, or MAC. However, such a toolkit is not very friendly for non-IT related stakeholders, as it is primarily aimed at developing the models; it also requires non-trivial installation. This paper is devoted to the project of designing a WEB-based viewer that allows a stakeholder to view a package of models created in an ADOxx-based toolkit. The viewer discussed in this paper was developed for a specific modeling technique called Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM). However, the discussion is of interest not only for modelers using FEM but also for the developers of other ADOxx-based tools. The paper discusses the structure and functionality of the FEM viewer, which can be reused for other toolkits. The authors aim to demonstrate the FEM viewer during the conference.

A socio-technical system consists of several components that should be aligned in order for the system to function properly. As the environment in which the system functions constantly changes, alignment cannot be achieved once and continues to exist. There should be align-ment mechanisms that ensure the alignment continues to exist. The paper introduces the idea of how to depict mechanisms for alignment that can be used for both (a) checking whether the alignment mechanisms exist and (b) introducing them if none exists for a particular type of alignment. Definitions need to be somewhat formal so that the presence of mechanisms can be discovered. This paper uses a special enterprise modeling technique called Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM) to clarify the idea and give some examples. However, this does not mean that other enterprise modeling techniques could not be used for the purpose

The paper introduces rules to help identify and depict in a model enterprise activities that engage tacit knowledge. This is done using a specific enterprise modeling technique called Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM). However, the result can be of interest to researchers and practitioners using other modeling techniques. Though representing tacit knowledge is more or less mandatory for research and practice of Knowledge Management (KM), it is very seldom depicted explicitly in enterprise models of any kind. The type of rules presented in this paper follows our suggestion to consider the so-called discovery power of enterprise modeling languages alongside its expressive power.

Business Process LifeCycle (BPLC) is a topic never disappearing from the discussions in the Business Process Management (BPM) research. Nevertheless, most graphical models of BPLC are simple and need extended textual explanations to clarify them. What is more, to the best of our knowledge, these models are separated from the target process that is being changed in the BPLC. The paper investigates a possibility to have a model where lifecycle activities are connected to the elements of the target process, and assess the practical usefulness of such a model. The research uses the Fractal Enterprise Modeling (FEM) technique for building the model. The paper presents a generic model of BPLC and its extension for one step, and discusses potential usefulness of the results achieved so far.