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Tacit coopetition: chimera or reality? Evidence from the Basque Country

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  • Igone Porto-Gomez
  • Urko Aguirre-Larracoechea
  • Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia

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Coopetition is a strategy by which firms benefit from both collaboration and competition. Collaboration among competitors allows these to obtain advantages such as the joint creation and diffusion of knowledge, the exploration of new market opportunities, the identification of long-term innovation projects related to potential market, product or process diversification, or the gaining of access to external sources while still competing in certain areas. This paper focuses on the concept of tacit coopetition, which is defined as cooperation activities between neighbouring competitors located in the same region. Our goal is to assess the influence of tacit coopetition on the cooperative pattern of firms, as an alternative to promoting innovative projects among competitors. The analysis is performed in the county of Durango, located in the Basque Country (Spain). In particular, we seek evidence of whether tacit coopetition is a reality that can be objectively observed in Durango, and therefore, has the potential for a wider generalization of the phenomenon, or is instead a conceptual rhetoric (i.e. chimera) that is only observable in specific cases. The paper provides three major results. First, it sets out to identify whether tacit coopetition is occurring in Durango. Second, it identifies the factors influencing it, and finally, assesses the impact of tacit coopetition on firm performance.

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  • Igone Porto-Gomez & Urko Aguirre-Larracoechea & Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, 2018. "Tacit coopetition: chimera or reality? Evidence from the Basque Country," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(3), pages 611-634, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:26:y:2018:i:3:p:611-634
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1402866
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    1. Hernández-Trasobares, Alejandro & Murillo-Luna, Josefina L., 2020. "The effect of triple helix cooperation on business innovation: The case of Spain," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    2. Anne Albert-Cromarias & Catherine dos Santos, 2020. "Coopetition between French healthcare providers: an analysis in terms of proximity," Post-Print hal-02513403, HAL.
    3. Isidoro Romero & Igone Porto Gómez & Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, 2019. "‘Cookpetition’: Do restaurants coopete to innovate?," Tourism Economics, , vol. 25(6), pages 904-922, September.
    4. Anne Albert Cromarias & Alexandre Asselineau, 2024. "One for all or everyone for themselves: why is coopetition so difficult? The case of four small vineyards in central France," Post-Print hal-03631930, HAL.

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