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How to swim with sharks? Yan, Yan
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How to swim with sharks?
The antecedents and consequences of coopetition
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Publisher: University of Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands
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© 2018 Yan Yan
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How to swim with sharks?
The antecedents and consequences of coopetition
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen
on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. E. Sterken
and in accordance with
the decision by the College of Deans. This thesis will be defended in public on Thursday 6 September 2018 at 12.45 hours
by
Yan Yan
born on 10 October 1987 in Shandong, China
4 Supervisor Prof. dr. D.L.M. Faems Co-supervisor Dr. J.Q. Dong Assessment Committee Prof. dr. J.D.R. Oehmichen Prof. dr. P. Ritala Prof. dr. G.B. Dagnino
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General Introduction ... 8
1.1. Overview of Three Projects ... 12
1.1.1. Project 1: Not Every Coopetitor Is the Same ... 12
1.1.2. Project 2: Toward a Network Perspective on Coopetition ... 13
1.1.3. Project 3: How Does the Coopetition Network Affect Coopetition Governance? ... 14
1.2. Empirical Settings ... 15
Chapter 2 Not Every Coopetitor Is the Same: The Impact of Technological and Market Overlap with Coopetitors on Breakthrough Invention ... 20
2.1. Introduction ... 21
2.2. Value Creation and Value Appropriation in Coopetition ... 23
2.2.1. Value Creation and Value Appropriation Perspectives ... 24
2.2.2. Coopetitors as a Heterogeneous Group ... 25
2.3. Hypotheses ... 27
2.3.1. The Impact of Technological Overlap on Breakthrough Invention ... 27
2.3.2. The Moderating Effect of Market Overlap ... 29
2.4. Methodology ... 31
2.4.1. Data ... 31
2.4.2. Measures ... 34
2.4.3. Analytical Strategy ... 37
2.5. Results ... 38
2.5.1. Testing the Curvilinear Effect ... 38
2.5.2. Testing the Moderating Effect ... 39
2.5.3. Robustness Checks ... 41
2.6. Discussion and Conclusion ... 45
2.6.1. Implications for Research ... 46
2.6.2. Implications for Practice ... 47
2.6.3. Limitations and Future Research ... 48
Chapter 3 Toward a Network Perspective on Coopetition: External Coopetition Networks, Internal Network Structures, and Knowledge Recombinant Capabilities ... 49
3.1. Introduction ... 50
3.2. Coopetition and Knowledge Recombination ... 52
3.2.1. Coopetitive Relationships and Knowledge Recombination: State-of-the-Art 52 3.2.2. Knowledge Network Theory and the Role of Indirect Coopetition Networks ... 54
3.2.3. Knowledge Network Theory and the Moderating Role of Internal Networks56 3.3. Hypotheses ... 56
3.3.1. Indirect Coopetition Network and Knowledge Recombinant Capabilities .... 56
3.3.2. The Moderating Role of Internal CN with a Small-World Structure ... 58
3.3.3. The Moderating Role of Internal TN with a Small-World Structure ... 60
6 3.4.1. Data ... 61 3.4.2. Measures ... 65 3.5. Results ... 73 3.5.1. Hypotheses Testing ... 73 3.5.2. Robustness Checks ... 75 3.5.3. Post-Hoc Analysis ... 78
3.6. Discussion and Conclusion ... 80
3.6.1. Coopetition Networks and Value Appropriation ... 81
3.6.2. Limitations and Future Research ... 82
Chapter 4 How Does the Coopetition Network Affect Coopetition Governance? ... 84
4.1. Introduction ... 85
4.2. Governance from a Social Network Perspective ... 86
4.3. Hypotheses ... 89
4.3.1. Relative Centrality and Coopetition Governance ... 89
4.3.2. Relative Structure Autonomy and Coopetition Governance ... 91
4.4. Methodology ... 92
4.4.1. Data ... 92
4.4.2. Measures ... 94
4.4.3. Analysis strategy ... 98
4.5. Results ... 98
4.6. Discussion and conclusions ... 103
Chapter 5 Discussion of Dissertation ... 107
5.1. Overview of Findings ... 107
5.2. Theoretical Contributions ... 108
5.2.1. Value Creation and Appropriation in Coopetition ... 108
5.2.2. Toward a Network Perspective on Coopetition ... 110
5.3. Methodology Contributions ... 112
5.4. Practical Contributions ... 114
5.5. Future Research Directions ... 115
Chapter 6 Reference list ... 117
Chapter 7 Summary ... 137
7.1. Project 1: Not Every Coopetitor Is the Same ... 137
7.2. Project 2: Toward a Network Perspective on Coopetition ... 138
7.3. Project 3: How Does the Coopetition Network Affect Coopetition Governance? .. 139
7.4. Theoretical, Methodological and Practical implications ... 140
Hoofdstuk 8 Samenvatting ... 143
8.1. Project 1: Niet alle ‘concullegas’ zijn gelijk ... 143
8.2. Project 2: Naar een netwerkperspectief inzake coöpetitie ... 145
8.3. Project 3: Wat is de invloed van het coöpetitienetwerk op de beheersing van coöpetitie? ... 146
8.4. Theoretische, methodologische en praktische implicaties ... 147
Chapter 9 Acknowledgments ... 149
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