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Bengtsson, M. & Raza-Ullah, T. (2025). Paradoxical tensions across multiple levels and top management team cross-level bridging in coopetition: a conceptual model. Strategic Management Review, 6(1-2), 107-133
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Paradoxical tensions across multiple levels and top management team cross-level bridging in coopetition: a conceptual model
2025 (Engelska)Ingår i: Strategic Management Review, ISSN 2688-2612, E-ISSN 2688-2639, Vol. 6, nr 1-2, s. 107-133Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

In contrast to the conventional strategic management research, which emphasizes either cooperation or competition as a beneficial strategy, emerging literature on coopetition has advanced our understanding of how pursuing both cooperation and competition can yield greater benefits. However, the literature offers limited insights into the multi-level dynamics of coopetition and the role of top management teams (TMT) in navigating paradoxical tensions that cascade across levels ' tensions that, if not tackled well, can overturn the benefits associated with coopetition. Drawing on the paradox literature, this paper develops a conceptual model to illustrate how the coopetition paradox unfolds across different levels, activating performing, organizing, and belonging tensions, that, in turn, shape the interplay between cooperation and competition at the inter-firm level. A key contribution of this paper is its focus on the central role of TMTs in managing multiple tensions across levels, particularly through the synchronous orchestration of internal processes at the firm level while constantly navigating coopetitive interactions at the inter-firm level.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Now Publishers Inc., 2025
Nyckelord
Coopetition, multi-level, orchestration, paradox, tension, TMT
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-238840 (URN)10.1561/111.00000076 (DOI)2-s2.0-105004390820 (Scopus ID)
Tillgänglig från: 2025-05-22 Skapad: 2025-05-22 Senast uppdaterad: 2025-05-23Bibliografiskt granskad
Stål, H. I., Manzhynski, S. & Bengtsson, M. (2024). Agreeing to disagree: linear-circular and public-private tensions in the transformation to circular business models. Organization & environment
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Agreeing to disagree: linear-circular and public-private tensions in the transformation to circular business models
2024 (Engelska)Ingår i: Organization & environment, ISSN 1086-0266, E-ISSN 1552-7417Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Research points to public-private collaboration’s importance for supporting the transformation from linear to circular business models. As little is known of such collaboration, we conducted a 4-year in-depth case study to answer how transformation is affected by two types of tensions: between linear and circular elements and between public and private partners. We find that tensions shape the transformational process into a dialectical pattern, as partners’ institutional differences initially cause them to conflict over whether to focus on linear or circular elements but, over time, arrive at a synthesis. Our findings contribute to circular business model research by illustrating the usefulness of understanding transformational challenges as linear-circular tensions and by illuminating the dialectics of transformational processes.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Sage Publications, 2024
Nyckelord
collaboration, circular economy, cross-sector partnerships, public-private, circular business model, sustainable development, transformation, institutional theory
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-233364 (URN)10.1177/10860266241304310 (DOI)001380931700001 ()2-s2.0-85212763763 (Scopus ID)
Forskningsfinansiär
Forskningsrådet Formas, 2019-00520Forskningsrådet Formas, 2021-0005Familjen Kamprads stiftelse, 20160063
Tillgänglig från: 2025-01-02 Skapad: 2025-01-02 Senast uppdaterad: 2025-01-03
Kostis, A., Albers, S., Vanderstraeten, J., Chinchanikar, S. & Bengtsson, M. (2024). Coopetitive dynamics, really?: towards an interaction perspective on coopetition. Industrial Marketing Management, 116, 158-169
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Coopetitive dynamics, really?: towards an interaction perspective on coopetition
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2024 (Engelska)Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management, ISSN 0019-8501, E-ISSN 1873-2062, Vol. 116, s. 158-169Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

Prior research has traditionally understood the dynamic nature of coopetition as shifts between relational states of coopetition over time and has treated coopetition interplay and coopetitive dynamics tautologically. This understanding is problematic because it fails to capture the continuous flux of changes in coopetitive relationships based on the finer details of partners' situated interactions on the micro-level. To overcome this limitation, this conceptual paper introduces the interaction perspective on coopetition, which allows us to uncover the microfoundations of the cooperation-competition interplay that bring about shifts in coopetitive relationships. By focusing researchers' attention on managers' reflecting-in-action, coopetition work that propels temporal interactions, and the relational embeddedness of their interactions, the interaction perspective helps us better understand the dynamic nature of coopetition and uncover the coopetitive dynamics feeding into the coopetition interplay and triggering moves towards new relational states. This paper makes four key contributions to the coopetition literature, outlines methodological implications of the suggested interaction perspective, and identifies avenues for further research.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Elsevier, 2024
Nyckelord
Cascading uncertainty, Coopetition work, Coopetitive dynamics, Interaction perspective, Reflecting-in-action, Relational embeddedness, Temporal dynamic interplay
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-218667 (URN)10.1016/j.indmarman.2023.12.005 (DOI)001138907300001 ()2-s2.0-85180099848 (Scopus ID)
Tillgänglig från: 2023-12-28 Skapad: 2023-12-28 Senast uppdaterad: 2025-04-24Bibliografiskt granskad
Manzhynski, S., Hahn, T., Bengtsson, M. & Stål, H. (2024). Untangling coopetitive tensions for sustainability: a system dynamics exploration. In: : . Paper presented at 2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway, August 3-7, 2024.
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Untangling coopetitive tensions for sustainability: a system dynamics exploration
2024 (Engelska)Konferensbidrag, Enbart muntlig presentation (Refereegranskat)
Abstract [en]

Paradox theory often overlooks how (inter)organizational paradoxes interact and evolve within a processual context, both conceptually and empirically. This study delves into such 'knotting' by examining coopetition for sustainability, wherein competitors collaborate to address simultaneously economic, environmental and social concerns. We introduce a novel conceptualization of knotted paradoxes through the lens of system dynamics (SD). Within this SD framework, a knotted paradox is portrayed as a complex dynamic system characterized by contradictory cause-effect interactions forming intertwined balancing and reinforcing causality loops. This perspective facilitates a systemic understanding of the complex and dynamic nature of knotted paradoxes. We apply our conceptualization to explore an in-depth case study of how seven construction and housing firms collaborate and compete to plan a new sustainable residential area in a Swedish city. By constructing causal-loop models we examine how knotted coopetition and sustainability paradoxes exacerbate and mitigate each other, oscillating in their dominance through various processes over time. Through our analysis we distinguish three patterns of vicious cycles indicative of dysfunctional paradox evolution: Fading, Accelerating, and Mixed dynamics.

Nyckelord
Paradox, tensions, system dynamics, coopetition for sustainability, knotted paradoxes
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-229947 (URN)
Konferens
2024 International System Dynamics Conference, Bergen, Norway, August 3-7, 2024
Tillgänglig från: 2024-09-23 Skapad: 2024-09-23 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-09-23Bibliografiskt granskad
Bengtsson, M., Eriksson, J., Harryson Näsholm, M. & Johansson, M. (2023). Boundary work of entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative sectors. In: : . Paper presented at 23rd EURAM Conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 14-16, 2023..
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Boundary work of entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative sectors
2023 (Engelska)Konferensbidrag, Enbart muntlig presentation (Refereegranskat)
Abstract [en]

The growing cultural and creative sector has been argued to be an important catalyst for revitalization and development of other industries, cities, and regions through innovative value creation based on a logic with a focus on cultural and creative values rather than on growth and scalability. We argue that in attempting to realize such positive effects, cultural and creative entrepreneurs (CC entrepreneurs) face challenges, including liabilities of smallness, newness, and uniqueness, and of creating an identity, legitimacy and understanding of their value in interaction with partners. In coping with these challenges, boundary work becomes critical, and this paper explores the boundary work of CC entrepreneurs. Based on our qualitative study we use three narratives to illustrate our analysis of how the entrepreneurs engage in boundary work. We find that CC entrepreneurs set and maintain, as well as span and cross boundaries to overcome challenges of identity and develop their distinctiveness and belonging, and to overcome liabilities through cooperating across boundaries or expanding their scope. We also show that boundary work can be a joint effort by CC entrepreneurs, facilitated by creating boundary spaces, individuals taking on boundary roles, and through using boundary objects. 

Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-229240 (URN)
Konferens
23rd EURAM Conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 14-16, 2023.
Tillgänglig från: 2024-09-05 Skapad: 2024-09-05 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-09-12Bibliografiskt granskad
Stål, H. I., Riumkin, I. & Bengtsson, M. (2023). Business models for sustainability and firms' external relationships: a systematic literature review with propositions and research agenda. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(6), 3887-3901
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Business models for sustainability and firms' external relationships: a systematic literature review with propositions and research agenda
2023 (Engelska)Ingår i: Business Strategy and the Environment, ISSN 0964-4733, E-ISSN 1099-0836, Vol. 32, nr 6, s. 3887-3901Artikel, forskningsöversikt (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

Increased focus on sustainability has made firms' value creation increasingly boundary spanning and complex. This begs the question of how business model research describes firm's external relationships, motivating us to undertake a systematic literature review. In analyzing 49 articles, we discuss and problematize four conceptualizations of external relationships - collaboration, alliances, networks, and ecosystems - arriving at nine propositions that clarify their meaning and refer to either firm-centric or collective business models for sustainability. In combining these findings with review results from conventional business model research we identify three main blind spots in extant business model for sustainability research, regarding coopetition, wider inter-organizational and sustainability tensions, and power. Based on these blind spots, we sketch a research agenda that could theorize business models for sustainability without neglecting their inherent tensions and contradictions.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
John Wiley & Sons, 2023
Nyckelord
business model, collaboration, ecosystem, network, relationship, sustainability
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Forskningsämne
hållbarhet
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-202580 (URN)10.1002/bse.3343 (DOI)000906757100001 ()2-s2.0-85145582080 (Scopus ID)
Forskningsfinansiär
Forskningsrådet Formas, 2019-00520Forskningsrådet Formas, 2021-0005
Tillgänglig från: 2023-01-12 Skapad: 2023-01-12 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-12-19Bibliografiskt granskad
Kostis, A., Bengtsson, M. & Corbo, L. (2022). Close to the edge but still alive: the role of relational coping in the light of an early project death. In: : . Paper presented at EGOS Colloquium 2022, Vienna, Austria, July 7-9, 2022.
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Close to the edge but still alive: the role of relational coping in the light of an early project death
2022 (Engelska)Konferensbidrag, Enbart muntlig presentation (Refereegranskat)
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-200761 (URN)
Konferens
EGOS Colloquium 2022, Vienna, Austria, July 7-9, 2022
Tillgänglig från: 2022-11-05 Skapad: 2022-11-05 Senast uppdaterad: 2022-11-07Bibliografiskt granskad
Stål, H. I., Bengtsson, M. & Manzhynski, S. (2022). Cross‐sectoral collaboration in business model innovation for sustainable development: Tensions and compromises. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(1), 445-463
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Cross‐sectoral collaboration in business model innovation for sustainable development: Tensions and compromises
2022 (Engelska)Ingår i: Business Strategy and the Environment, ISSN 0964-4733, E-ISSN 1099-0836, Vol. 31, nr 1, s. 445-463Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

Cross-sectoral collaboration is argued to be vital for business model innovation for sustainability and the tension-filled choices it involves but brings its own complexities. We therefore investigate how institutional logics and power affect the interests and dependencies of City planners and real-estate developers involved in developing a business model for sustainable mobility. Through analyzing how partners deal with tension-filled choices regarding business model elements, we develop a model to explain how compromises are made in partnerships characterized by conflicting interests coupled to strong interdependencies. We finish by cautioning that conflicting interests and power characteristics may delimit the potential for such cross-sectoral collaborations to contribute to sustainable development in sectors where public actors are used to rely on their authority.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
John Wiley & Sons, 2022
Nyckelord
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Strategy and Management, Geography, Planning and Development, Business and International Management
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Forskningsämne
hållbarhet
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-188197 (URN)10.1002/bse.2903 (DOI)000702903600001 ()2-s2.0-85116138326 (Scopus ID)
Forskningsfinansiär
Familjen Kamprads stiftelse, 20160063Forskningsrådet Formas, 2019-00520
Tillgänglig från: 2021-10-05 Skapad: 2021-10-05 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-08-17Bibliografiskt granskad
Kostis, A., Bengtsson, M. & H. Näsholm, M. (2022). Mechanisms and dynamics in the interplay of trust and distrust: insights from project-based collaboration. Organization Studies, 43(8), 1173-1196
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Mechanisms and dynamics in the interplay of trust and distrust: insights from project-based collaboration
2022 (Engelska)Ingår i: Organization Studies, ISSN 0170-8406, E-ISSN 1741-3044, Vol. 43, nr 8, s. 1173-1196Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

Trust and distrust are two distinct organizing principles that play a critical role in interorganizational projects where highly interdependent organizations collaborate to build tailor-made and technologically complex solutions. Whereas an emerging body of research has debated the conceptual distinction between trust and distrust, this paper emphasizes the processual nature of trusting and distrusting and the interplay between them. Drawing upon insights from project-based collaboration in a complex products and systems industry, we explore the distinct cognitive and behavioral mechanisms through which trust and distrust work and orient firms towards optimism and watchfulness in the interaction. Our findings show that trust and distrust can act both as substitutes and complements through three interconnected dynamics—undermining, enabling, and compensating. These dynamics develop and recursively interrelate through interfirm interactions within single projects and in the broader network. We conclude by presenting our contributions to interorganizational trust literature and by proposing that the interplay of trust and distrust can have both positive and negative effects on the pursuit of project-based relationships.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Sage Publications, 2022
Nyckelord
distrust, interplay, organizing principle, project-based collaboration, trust
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-187675 (URN)10.1177/01708406211040215 (DOI)000694817600001 ()2-s2.0-85114691947 (Scopus ID)
Forskningsfinansiär
Forte, Forskningsrådet för hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd, 2013-0741Kempestiftelserna
Tillgänglig från: 2021-09-20 Skapad: 2021-09-20 Senast uppdaterad: 2022-12-19Bibliografiskt granskad
Manzhynski, S., Stål, H. & Bengtsson, M. (2020). Dealing with knotted paradoxes: A system dynamics approach to coopetition for sustainability. In: : . Paper presented at 36th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium “Organizing for a Sustainable Future: Responsibility, Renewal & Resistance”, Hamburg, Germany, June 30 – July 4, 2020..
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Dealing with knotted paradoxes: A system dynamics approach to coopetition for sustainability
2020 (Engelska)Konferensbidrag, Enbart muntlig presentation (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

Organizational members are likely to face more than one paradox simultaneously. In order to conceptualize how paradoxes are knotted together and influence each other, paradox research needs to better account for dynamics and integrative aspects. In this paper we introduce the System Dynamics approach which we apply to coopetition for sustainability. Via an in-depth case study of a large-scale Swedish project to create a brand new, sustainable residential area, we are able to trace how the two paradoxes (coopetition and sustainability) influence each other but also take turns in dominating the processual unfolding. Our study contributes by developing and illustrating an approach to conceptualizing knotted paradoxes in general and coopetition for sustainability in particular.

Nyckelord
Paradox, tensions, system dynamics, coopetition for sustainability, knotted paradoxes
Nationell ämneskategori
Företagsekonomi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-178810 (URN)
Konferens
36th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium “Organizing for a Sustainable Future: Responsibility, Renewal & Resistance”, Hamburg, Germany, June 30 – July 4, 2020.
Tillgänglig från: 2021-01-18 Skapad: 2021-01-18 Senast uppdaterad: 2021-02-22Bibliografiskt granskad
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