Coopetition: The Role of Behavioral and Technological Uncertainties

This paper aims at understanding the interplay of technological and behavioral uncertainties in influencing partner behaviors in alliance contexts. While technological uncertainty is likely to foster cooperative behaviors, behavioral uncertainty is expected to encourage competitive behaviors in alliances. Identifying these uncertainty dimensions and their joint impact, respectively, on competitive, cooperative, and coopetitive behaviors can help us capture the emergence of coopetition in a much fine-grained fashion. This understanding may eventually be used to appreciate alliance partner behaviors under other forms of uncertainty as well.