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TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2022.2064271
Keywords
Breakthrough innovation; alliance coopetition; knowledge ambiguity; resource integration
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71872027, 71971043, 72102198, 72172024]
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Based on coopetition literature, this study classifies alliance coopetition into horizontal and vertical coopetition, and empirically finds a positive relationship between alliance coopetition and breakthrough innovation, which is contingent on the resource integration ability of firms. Furthermore, the study reveals the moderating effect of knowledge ambiguity on the relationship between coopetition and firms' resource integration.
Based on coopetition literature, we deconstruct alliance coopetition to horizontal coopetition and vertical coopetition, so as to pursue deeper insight into the impacts of different types of alliance coopetition on breakthrough innovation in the context of the firm's knowledge resource endowment. Drawing on the data extracted from 222 Chinese firms, we theorise and demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between alliance coopetition and breakthrough innovation and the incentive of alliance coopetition on breakthrough innovation performance is contingent on the resource integration ability of firms. In addition, we find the knowledge ambiguity positively moderates the direct effect of horizontal coopetition on firms' resource integration, but negatively moderates the effect of vertical coopetition on firms' resource integration. Our findings help to clarify the controversial relation between coopetition and innovation studies.
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