Coopetition-Quo vadis? Past accomplishments and future challenges

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-188

  Bengtsson, Maria ^a   Kock, Sören ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coopetition; Coopetition business models; Coopetition paradox; Multilevel perspective; Tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897632967     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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