Mirzabeiki, Vahid, He, Qile and Sarpong, David (2022). Sustainability-driven co-opetition in supply chains as strategic capabilities: drivers, facilitators, and barriers. International Journal of Production Research ,
Abstract
Co-opetition is gaining increasing attention as a potentially useful form of inter-organisational collaboration model to improve firms’ sustainable performance. However, limited previous studies have provided a clear substantive theory or offered empirical evidence for the process of sustainability-driven co-opetition. This paper explores how competing companies can collaborate in their supply chains (SCs) to achieve a higher level of sustainability performance by identifying drivers, facilitators and barriers of co-opetition. Based on two explorative case studies of co-opetition in the UK, the findings of this paper lead to a number of propositions and a theoretical framework for sustainability-driven co-opetition in SCs. This study contributes to the literature by providing a more in-depth understanding of co-opetition as a strategic capability for firms. This paper also proves the feasibility of a combined use of Resource-Based View and Network Theory perspectives in explaining a paradoxical inter-organisational relationship like co-opetition. A road map for sustainability-driven co-opetition in SCs is also provided as a heuristic decision model for practitioners.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1988749 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Marketing & Strategy |
Additional Information: | Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Co-opetition,inter-organisational collaboration,supply chain management,sustainability,triple-bottom-line,Strategy and Management,Management Science and Operations Research,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering |
Publication ISSN: | 1366-588X |
Last Modified: | 23 Dec 2024 08:43 |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2023 15:11 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2022-02-27 |
Published Online Date: | 2022-02-27 |
Accepted Date: | 2021-09-26 |
Authors: |
Mirzabeiki, Vahid
He, Qile Sarpong, David ( 0000-0002-1533-4332) |
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