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Competitive advantage versus cooperation in strategic management: a framework for success

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Strategic management has traditionally emphasised competitive advantage as the cornerstone of firm success through frameworks such as Porter's positioning and the resource-based view (RBV). However, globalisation, digital transformation, and interfirm interdependencies have made cooperation an equally critical strategic logic. This conceptual paper addresses the gap in literature that treats these logics as mutually exclusive by proposing an integrated framework for achieving coopetitive advantage, the simultaneous pursuit of competition and cooperation. Drawing on RBV, dynamic capabilities theory, and coopetition grounded in game theory, the framework identifies drivers of competitive and cooperative advantage, contextual moderators, and strategic outcomes, including innovation, resilience, and value co-creation. The paper contributes theoretically by unifying fragmented perspectives and practically by offering guidance for managers operating in ecosystems, platform markets and global supply chains. It also outlines directions for empirical validation and contextual extension.

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  • Dinko Herman Boikanyo, 2026. "Competitive advantage versus cooperation in strategic management: a framework for success," International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 38(8), pages 1-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbexc:v:38:y:2026:i:8:p:1-20
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