Contemporary markets are increasingly complex and dynamic. Diverse business contexts have become closer, and are increasingly influenced by socio-economic and technological factors. Firms nowadays build alliances even with competing players to ensure entrepreneurial survival and growth. This publication aims to investigate, compare, and contrast the theoretical and practical elements of business concepts and models that are acclimated to the dynamic changes of our modern era. Furthermore, it describes and analyzes the current cooperative interactions among firms, and evaluates the contribution of knowledge dynamics in coopetition.
Organizational performance is one of the major elements required in contemporary markets, and the necessity to promote initiatives for innovation in new technological investments creates the foundations for growth, enabling businesses to explore opportunities in the global context. This book aims to explore and utilize the existing academic knowledge, and to contribute to the topic of coopetition within and across firms for entrepreneurial growth. It is a culmination of recent global circumstances and credible academic theories, focusing on analyzing, evaluating and interpreting the modern status-quo in the international business environment.
Chapter 1: Introduction - Stavros Sindakis and Panagiotis Theodorou
Section A: Coopetition, Entrepreneurial Internationalization, and Business Development
Chapter 2: Effectuated Innovation Process in Entrepreneurial Firms: A Conceptual Model - Jacky F. L. Hong and Xi Zhao
Chapter 3: A Time Use Perspective on Entrepreneurial Initiatives in the Multinational Enterprise - Christopher Williams and Wendelien van Eerde
Chapter 4: Business Model Used in Companies Representing Creative Industries - Mieczysław Morawski
Chapter 5: Entrepreneurial SMEs Surviving in the Era of Globalisation: Critical Success Factors - Hee Song Ng and Daisy Mui Hung Kee
Chapter 6: Hidden Champions from Small Catching up Country: Leveraging Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Capabilities and Global Networks - Monika Petraite and Vytaute Dlugoborskyte
Chapter 7: Internet of Things” Firms and New Patterns of Internationalization - Valerio Veglio
Chapter 8: Coopetition through International Luxury Brand Licensing: Burberry in Japan - Kenichi Ohkita
Section B: Knowledge Flows and Coopetitive Entrepreneurship for Organizational Sustainability
Knowledge Dynamics and Flows for Organisational Performance
Chapter 9: Coopetition and Knowledge Dynamics: Knowledge Creation and Management for Growth - Stavros Sindakis, Sakshi Aggarwal and Panagiotis Theodorou
Chapter 10: Managing Coopetition in Knowledge-based Industries - Frédéric Le Roy, Anne-Sophie Fernandez and Paul Chiambaretto
Chapter 11: Knowledge Dynamics and Resource Efficiency in International Business Relations - Francesco Rizzi, Chiara Pellegrini and Niccolò Todaro
Chapter 12: Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Leakage in Dyadic Coopetitive Alliances involving SMEs - Tatbeeq Raza-Ullah and Jessica Eriksson
Chapter 13: External Knowledge Sources and Knowledge Integration Mechanisms for Organizational Performance: Evidence from Italian SMEs - Daria Sarti
Coopetitive Entrepreneurship through Innovative and Technological Strategies
Chapter 14: Predicting Strategic Actions Across Industry Sectors: The Role of Intangible Dynamics - G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. Rothberg
Chapter 15: University-Industry Interface: Open and Dynamic Business Models to Reduce Spin-offs Risk of Failure - Angelo Corallo, Fabrizio Errico, Laura Fortunato, Maria Elena Latino and Marta Menegoli
Chapter 16: From Apps to Start-ups: Success Factors for New Entries in Open Data Ecosystem - Fotis Kitsios and Maria Kamariotou
Chapter 17: Accelerating Innovation in the UAE: The 3i Framework - Alexandros Papaspyridis and Tatiana Zalan
Chapter 18: Mobile Phone Innovation and Technology-driven Exports in Sub-Saharan Africa - Simplice A. Asongu
Chapter 19: Digital Food Hubs as Disruptive Business Models Based on Coopetition and “Shared Value” for the Sustainability in the Agri-food Sector - Giaime Berti, Catherine Mulligan and Han Yap
Section C: Politics, Ecology, and Social Scopes on Coopetition and Growth
Chapter 20: World Trade Organisation and Stimulating Innovation: An Outline Approach Towards Growth in the Chinese Market - Panagiotis Theodorou
Chapter 21: Sustainability and Knowledge Dynamics in Entrepreneurial Growth: Evidence from Internationalizing Finnish SMEs - Lasse Torkkeli, Maria Uzhegova, Hanna Salojärvi and Sami Saarenketo
Chapter 22: Building Green Growth and Entrepreneurship in the Pacific through Knowledge and Innovation - Evanthie Μichalena
Chapter 23: Discussing Practical and Educational Challenges in Teaching Circular Economy - Helen Kopnina
Chapter 24: Conclusion - Stavros Sindakis and Panagiotis Theodorou