Sustainability-driven co-opetition in supply chains as strategic capabilities: Drivers, facilitators, and barriers
Journal article
Authors | Mirzabeiki, Vahid, He, Q. and Sarpong, David |
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Abstract | Co-opetition is gaining increasing attention as a potentially useful form of inter-organizational 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-organizational relationship like co-opetition. A road map for sustainability-driven co-opetition in SCs is also provided as a heuristic decision model for practitioners. |
Keywords | inter-organizational collaboration; Co-opetition; sustainability; supply chain management; triple-bottom-line |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | International Journal of Production Research |
Journal citation | 61 (14), pp. 1-27 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1366-588X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1988749 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207543.2021.1988749 |
hdl:10545/626303 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 27 Feb 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 01 Mar 2022, 16:03 |
Accepted | 26 Sep 2021 |
Rights | CC0 1.0 Universal |
Contributors | University of Surrey, University of Derby and Brunel University London |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/931xx/sustainability-driven-co-opetition-in-supply-chains-as-strategic-capabilities-drivers-facilitators-and-barriers
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