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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.26,Issue3,P.611-634

语言

英文

关键字

Coopetition; competitiveness; innovation system; Basque Country; CO-OPETITION; TECHNOLOGICAL-INNOVATION; RADICAL INNOVATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION; BUSINESS NETWORKS; SMALL FIRMS; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; PERFORMANCE; ALLIANCES

作者单位

[Porto-Gomez, Igone; Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon] Univ Deusto, Deusto Business Sch, Camino Mundaiz 50, Donostia San Sebastian 20012, Spain. [Aguirre-Larracoechea, Urko] Univ Basque Country, Osakidetza Dept, UPV EHU, Bilbao, Spain. Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, JM (reprint author), Univ Deusto, Deusto Business Sch, Camino Mundaiz 50, Donostia San Sebastian 20012, Spain. E-Mail: jmzabala@deusto.es

摘要

Coopetition is a strategy by which firms benefit from both collaboration and competition. Collaboration among competitors allows these to obtain advantages such as the joint creation and diffusion of knowledge, the exploration of new market opportunities, the identification of long-term innovation projects related to potential market, product or process diversification, or the gaining of access to external sources while still competing in certain areas. This paper focuses on the concept of tacit coopetition, which is defined as cooperation activities between neighbouring competitors located in the same region. Our goal is to assess the influence of tacit coopetition on the cooperative pattern of firms, as an alternative to promoting innovative projects among competitors. The analysis is performed in the county of Durango, located in the Basque Country (Spain). In particular, we seek evidence of whether tacit coopetition is a reality that can be objectively observed in Durango, and therefore, has the potential for a wider generalization of the phenomenon, or is instead a conceptual rhetoric (i.e. chimera) that is only observable in specific cases. The paper provides three major results. First, it sets out to identify whether tacit coopetition is occurring in Durango. Second, it identifies the factors influencing it, and finally, assesses the impact of tacit coopetition on firm performance.