The coopetition paradox and tension in coopetition at multiple levels

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-198

  Raza Ullah, Tatbeeq ^a   Bengtsson, Maria ^a   Kock, Sören ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coopetition; Duality; Emotional ambivalence; Paradox; Tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897630908     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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