Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry

Building on the co-opetition perspective, this study takes a unified approach to examine relationship benefits and transaction costs in buyer-supplier relationships. We argue that buyer-supplier vertical dyads fall into one of four distinct co-opetition types based on their respective degrees of coo...

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Main Authors: Liu, Y., Luo, Yadong, Yang, P., Maksimov, V.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48906
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author Liu, Y.
Luo, Yadong
Yang, P.
Maksimov, V.
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Yang, P.
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description Building on the co-opetition perspective, this study takes a unified approach to examine relationship benefits and transaction costs in buyer-supplier relationships. We argue that buyer-supplier vertical dyads fall into one of four distinct co-opetition types based on their respective degrees of cooperation and competition. Each co-opetition situation then corresponds to unique levels of relationship benefits and transaction costs. A sample of 225 supplier-buyer dyads from the Chinese home appliance industry confirms that competition has a positive effect on transaction costs and a negative effect on relationship benefits, while cooperation stimulates greater relationship benefits but affects transaction costs mainly at low competition levels. The results advance prior research on buyer-supplier relationships and co-opetition and offer valuable avenues for future research.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-489062017-09-13T15:36:21Z Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry Liu, Y. Luo, Yadong Yang, P. Maksimov, V. Building on the co-opetition perspective, this study takes a unified approach to examine relationship benefits and transaction costs in buyer-supplier relationships. We argue that buyer-supplier vertical dyads fall into one of four distinct co-opetition types based on their respective degrees of cooperation and competition. Each co-opetition situation then corresponds to unique levels of relationship benefits and transaction costs. A sample of 225 supplier-buyer dyads from the Chinese home appliance industry confirms that competition has a positive effect on transaction costs and a negative effect on relationship benefits, while cooperation stimulates greater relationship benefits but affects transaction costs mainly at low competition levels. The results advance prior research on buyer-supplier relationships and co-opetition and offer valuable avenues for future research. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48906 10.1111/more.12070 restricted
spellingShingle Liu, Y.
Luo, Yadong
Yang, P.
Maksimov, V.
Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry
title Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry
title_full Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry
title_fullStr Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry
title_full_unstemmed Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry
title_short Typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: Evidence from the chinese home appliance industry
title_sort typology and effects of co-opetition in buyer-supplier relationships: evidence from the chinese home appliance industry
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48906