competition (“coopetition”) in supplier networks but have mainly looked at coopetition from a structural perspective. In this … study of four major carmakers reveals different strategies buying firms use to manage coopetition in their supplier networks … that irrespective of the managing approach chosen, the “coopetition capabilities” of the buying firm determines whether …

co-opetition) is becoming an increasingly interesting way to gain access to well guarded knowledge from abroad. However …, to be able to benefit from these paradox alliances, a certain level of international co-opetition readiness is required … competitor. Hence, we envision co-opetition as a balancing act between appropriability practices and absorptive capacities in a …