The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing

The study investigates the significance of strategic intent, manager's ambidexterity, and knowledge sharing routines for firms in their quest to pursue coopetition. We utilize the resource-based view and the dynamic capabilities theory to ground our hypotheses. We test the hypotheses using the...

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Main Authors: Seepana, Chandrasekararao, Paulraj, Antony, Huq, Fahian Anisul
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63065/
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author Seepana, Chandrasekararao
Paulraj, Antony
Huq, Fahian Anisul
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Paulraj, Antony
Huq, Fahian Anisul
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description The study investigates the significance of strategic intent, manager's ambidexterity, and knowledge sharing routines for firms in their quest to pursue coopetition. We utilize the resource-based view and the dynamic capabilities theory to ground our hypotheses. We test the hypotheses using the data collected from 313 firms that engage in coopetition relationships through an online survey. The findings forward knowledge sharing and ambidextrous managers as intervening variables, in that when complemented with knowledge sharing, a firm's strategic intent could better guide the firm's managers to pursue coopetition successfully. Findings further advocate that knowledge sharing complements to enable the relationship between a firm's strategic intent and its ambidextrous managers, as well as the relationship between strategic intent and coopetition. Furthermore, results also indicate that ambidextrous managers, with a skillset of a combination of exploration and exploitation, are positively associated to coopetition. Overall, the findings make important theoretical as well as empirical contributions to the coopetition and strategic alliance literature.
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spelling nottingham-630652020-09-17T03:55:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63065/ The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing Seepana, Chandrasekararao Paulraj, Antony Huq, Fahian Anisul The study investigates the significance of strategic intent, manager's ambidexterity, and knowledge sharing routines for firms in their quest to pursue coopetition. We utilize the resource-based view and the dynamic capabilities theory to ground our hypotheses. We test the hypotheses using the data collected from 313 firms that engage in coopetition relationships through an online survey. The findings forward knowledge sharing and ambidextrous managers as intervening variables, in that when complemented with knowledge sharing, a firm's strategic intent could better guide the firm's managers to pursue coopetition successfully. Findings further advocate that knowledge sharing complements to enable the relationship between a firm's strategic intent and its ambidextrous managers, as well as the relationship between strategic intent and coopetition. Furthermore, results also indicate that ambidextrous managers, with a skillset of a combination of exploration and exploitation, are positively associated to coopetition. Overall, the findings make important theoretical as well as empirical contributions to the coopetition and strategic alliance literature. 2020-09-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63065/1/AP.pdf Seepana, Chandrasekararao, Paulraj, Antony and Huq, Fahian Anisul (2020) The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing. Industrial Marketing Management, 91 . pp. 100-113. ISSN 00198501 Coopetition; Strategic intent; Manager's ambidexterity; Knowledge sharing Regression Moderated mediation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.08.012 doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.08.012 doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.08.012
spellingShingle Coopetition; Strategic intent; Manager's ambidexterity; Knowledge sharing Regression Moderated mediation
Seepana, Chandrasekararao
Paulraj, Antony
Huq, Fahian Anisul
The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing
title The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing
title_full The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing
title_fullStr The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing
title_full_unstemmed The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing
title_short The architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing
title_sort architecture of coopetition: strategic intent, ambidextrous managers, and knowledge sharing
topic Coopetition; Strategic intent; Manager's ambidexterity; Knowledge sharing Regression Moderated mediation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63065/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63065/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63065/