Coopetition in business Ecosystems: The key role of absorptive capacity and supply chain agility

Marta Riquelme-Medina, Mark Stevenson, Vanesa Barrales-Molina and Francisco Javier Llorens-Montes

Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 146, issue C, 464-476

Abstract: This study aims to shed light on the mechanisms that enable firms to manage the contradictory logics of coopetition (i.e. simultaneous cooperation and competition) in business ecosystems to achieve superior performance. In particular, we examine the relationship between coopetition and performance through the indirect effects of absorptive capacity and supply chain agility. Primary survey data collected from 214 firms hosted in tech-cities is used to test four hypotheses through regression analysis with bootstrapping. Results do not support a direct, positive relationship between coopetition and firm performance. Rather, firms in business ecosystems gain crucial knowledge through coopetition that then positively influences absorptive capacity, which relates to improved supply chain agility and firm performance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to provide empirical evidence on the impact of coopetition on firm performance through indirect effects. A new validated scale for measuring coopetition is also provided.

Keywords: Coopetition; Supply chain agility; Absorptive capacity; Business ecosystem; Survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (13)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296322003083
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:146:y:2022:i:c:p:464-476

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.03.071

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside

More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().