Conceptualizing Coopetition Strategy as Practice: A Multilevel Interpretative Framework

Johanna Dahl, Sören Kock and Eva-Lena Lundgren-Henriksson

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2016, vol. 46, issue 2-3, 94-109

Abstract: This study uses a strategy-as-practice approach to define coopetition strategy. Coopetition strategy forms, arguably, through the intersection of the organization’s internal and external value networks, giving rise to simultaneous cooperative and competitive activities of a more or less intended nature. Four scenarios encompassing propositions are put forth to explain how coopetition strategy as a deliberate and emergent activity is manifested in the organization. By approaching coopetition from the strategy-as-practice perspective, current conceptualizations of its deliberate and emergent nature are unified under a common framework. The practice approach advances existing understandings of coopetition by shedding light on strategic actors and their actions at multiple levels, the social embedding of the strategic activities, and the dynamic nature of the strategy.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2015.1093794

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