Does knowledge base compatibility help or hurt knowledge sharing between suppliers in coopetition? The role of customer participation

• Main Authors: Ho, Hillbun Dixon, Ganesan, Shankar
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Public relations::Corporate communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101499; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24169
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Competing suppliers that collaborate to serve downstream original equipment manufacturer customers often encounter partners with overlapping and compatible knowledge bases. Such knowledge base compatibility provides supplier partners the opportunity to exchange knowledge efficiently, leading to grea...