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COOPETITION [2 records]

Record 1 2005-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
DEF

The association of cooperation and competition.

CONT

The logic of coopetition seems to regulate the relations between businesses and netzien organisations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
CONT

Un écosystème d'affaires associera coopération et compétition et correspond donc à la logique de coopétition.

CONT

Ces relations sont ouvertes aux concurrents dans une logique de coo-pétition qui souhaitent acheter aux mêmes fournisseurs constituant de véritables "places de marché" où se confrontent toutes les offres et toutes les demandes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Competing and partnering with companies simultaneously.

DEF

Uneasy alliance formed between large companies who find it necessary to work together for mutual benefits.

CONT

Bell Atlantic and US West are building separate electronic highways, for example, even as the two firms are allied in a project to provide wireless phone service. Time Warner and TCI are archrivals, yet they have teamed with Sega of America to form the Sega Channel, which could go out over the companies’ superhighways. Entanglements like these have given rise to a new term :coopetition. Notes communications consultant Jeffrey Kagan :"It can be very difficult to share secrets with a partner and keep them away from a competitor when they’re one and the same company. "

CONT

Precautions keep creative co-opetition from gobling up the smaller partner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Mots valises construits par télescopage de compétition + coopération ou de coopération + compétition, c'est-à-dire compétition coopérative, coopération compétitive.

Spanish

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