Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of Coopetitors
Purpose: This paper presents an operationalization framework that merges the concepts of coopetition and open strategy through the lenses of managerial dilemmas. Although both merged concepts have gained recent and increasing attention, they need sound operationalization, including operationalizat...
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| description | Purpose: This paper presents an operationalization framework that merges the concepts of coopetition
and open strategy through the lenses of managerial dilemmas. Although both merged concepts have
gained recent and increasing attention, they need sound operationalization, including operationalization
when being blended. Therefore, the paper focuses on operationalizing and measuring strategic dilemmas
of coopetition implemented as an open strategy. By doing so, the paper addresses the needs for developing
measures and scales to allow for more detailed investigation and verification of the conceptual
foundations of open strategy dimensions and accompanying tensions and paradoxes of coopetition.
Design/methodology/approach: This paper is conceptual. Our proposition for operationalization builds
on previously developed conceptualizations of strategic dilemmas and strategic choices considered.
Findings: As the main contribution, this paper offers comprehensive operationalizations for seven strategic
dilemmas faced by coopetitors following an open approach to strategy implementation.
Research limitations/implications: The paper draws managers’ attention to the multidimensional perception
of strategic dilemmas faced when cooperating with competitors and provides a way to analyze the profile
of openness, which can be used to evaluate a firm’s openness as well as to predict coopetition longevity.
Originality/value: The contribution of our conceptual framework is twofold as we advance the concept of
merging coopetition with an open strategy using the lenses of managerial dilemmas that are commonly
faced in both conceptions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-975e1adff1b74ecb99a2b9fc9abd41782025-01-09T12:23:08ZengUniversity of WarsawEuropean Management Studies2956-76022023-01-0121242410.7172/2956-7602.100.1Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of CoopetitorsPatrycja Klimas0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3912-7389Joanna Radomska1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1597-8947Department of Advanced Research in Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, PolandStrategic Management Department, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, PolandPurpose: This paper presents an operationalization framework that merges the concepts of coopetition and open strategy through the lenses of managerial dilemmas. Although both merged concepts have gained recent and increasing attention, they need sound operationalization, including operationalization when being blended. Therefore, the paper focuses on operationalizing and measuring strategic dilemmas of coopetition implemented as an open strategy. By doing so, the paper addresses the needs for developing measures and scales to allow for more detailed investigation and verification of the conceptual foundations of open strategy dimensions and accompanying tensions and paradoxes of coopetition. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is conceptual. Our proposition for operationalization builds on previously developed conceptualizations of strategic dilemmas and strategic choices considered. Findings: As the main contribution, this paper offers comprehensive operationalizations for seven strategic dilemmas faced by coopetitors following an open approach to strategy implementation. Research limitations/implications: The paper draws managers’ attention to the multidimensional perception of strategic dilemmas faced when cooperating with competitors and provides a way to analyze the profile of openness, which can be used to evaluate a firm’s openness as well as to predict coopetition longevity. Originality/value: The contribution of our conceptual framework is twofold as we advance the concept of merging coopetition with an open strategy using the lenses of managerial dilemmas that are commonly faced in both conceptions.https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/ems/vol21/iss2/1operationalizationmeasurementcoopetitionopen strategyscale development |
| spellingShingle | Patrycja Klimas Joanna Radomska Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of Coopetitors European Management Studies operationalization measurement coopetition open strategy scale development |
| title | Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of Coopetitors |
| title_full | Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of Coopetitors |
| title_fullStr | Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of Coopetitors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of Coopetitors |
| title_short | Nobody Knows – Towards Operationalization of Strategic Dilemmas of Coopetitors |
| title_sort | nobody knows towards operationalization of strategic dilemmas of coopetitors |
| topic | operationalization measurement coopetition open strategy scale development |
| url | https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/ems/vol21/iss2/1 |
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