Journal Article10.1108/10595421011080751
Competitive advantage in interfirm cooperation: old and new explanations
Paavo Ritala,Hanna-Kaisa Ellonen +1 more
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how different strategy theories complement each other with respect to understanding competitive advantage of a single firm that utilizes interfirm cooperation and propose an integrated perspective that captures industry, organization, and relationship attributes.
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Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how different strategy theories complement each other with respect to understanding competitive advantage of a single firm that utilizes interfirm cooperation.Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an analytical review of three schools of strategy research in order to highlight their contributions, shortcomings, and interrelations with respect to sustainable competitive advantage and to clarify their explanations of competitive advantage in interfirm cooperation. On the basis of this analysis, an integrated perspective that captures industry, organization, and relationship attributes is proposed.Findings – The paper suggests that old and new paradigms in strategic management (industrial organization economics, resource‐based theories, and the relational view) are applicable alongside each other when analyzing how a single firm gains competitive advantage by utilizing interfirm cooperation. It is argued here that no paradigm can be used to substit...
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