Business Groups and Strategic Coopetition [Hardcover]

Introduction   1. The Essence of Business Groups   2. Cooperation, Competition, and Coopetition within Business Groups   3. Coopetitive Tensions within Business Groups   4. Coopetition Drivers within Business Groups   5. Coopetition and Subsidiaries Resource Equipment   6. Coopetition within International Business Groups   7. Coopetition and Corporate Governance within Business Groups   8. Coopetition within Business Groups in High, Medium, and Low-tech Industries   9. Financial Outcomes of Coopetition within Business Groups   10. Managing Coopetition within a Business Group

Business Groups and Strategic Coopetition sheds lights on the poorly recognised problem of intra-organisational relationships within business groups by adopting the coopetition lens.

Business Groups and Strategic Coopetition sheds lights on the poorly recognised problem of intra-organisational relationships within business groups by adopting the coopetition lens. It brings together the strategic management (coopetition and performance) and international management perspectives (business groups and its role in the economy). It is a unique proposition as those two research streams, such as business groups and coopetition, are rarely assessed together. The coopetition, which is seen as the strategy of value creating in the rapidly changing environment, brings benefits, such as an increased innovation, cost reduction, access to resources, and improved competitive position that could be captured by business groups as well. However, the understanding of complex organisations, such as business group, and answering the question how to manage intra-level coopetition to gain better performance therein is still unclear. Therefore, the book aims to extend the knolG