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Collaborative partnerships in the automotive industry: key motives and resource integration strategy

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  • Prasanna Kumar Kukkamalla
  • Andrea Bikfalvi
  • Anna Arbussa

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The research communities on international marketing and strategic partnerships have produced extensive knowledge on strategic alliances, but they remain silent on collaborative partnerships (CPs) in the servitisation context. This paper aims to analyse CPs in the automotive industry and to present the key motives and the resource integration strategy. It adopts a document-based multi-case method. The data is analysed through thematic analysis, identifying five key motives - new revenue streams, resource acquisition, competitive advantage, market demand and customer relationship - and revealing the service strategies of case firms by tracing their resource integration strategy. This is the first study to attempt to provide new insights into CPs in the automotive industry in the servitisation context. It contributes to customer relationship management by revealing that customer relationship is one of the key motives for a firm's strategic alliance.

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  • Prasanna Kumar Kukkamalla & Andrea Bikfalvi & Anna Arbussa, 2021. "Collaborative partnerships in the automotive industry: key motives and resource integration strategy," International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 24(4), pages 571-592.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbire:v:24:y:2021:i:4:p:571-592
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