Toward a Network Perspective on Coopetition: External Coopetition Networks, Internal Network Structures, and Knowledge Recombinant Capabilities

Focusing on the direct ties between coopetitors (i.e., direct coopetition network), extant coopetition research rather ignores the potential impact of indirect connections with other firms from the same industry in the network (i.e., indirect coopetition network). Drawing on insights from knowledge network theory, we advance coopetition research by comparing the impact of direct and indirect coopetition networks on knowledge recombinant...