The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition Strategy

In today's business environment companies are facing pressure to innovate and create new knowledge, that these issues have forced them to spend large sums on research and development, involving in high-risk investments, finding exclusive sources and even look for high-tech products with short l...

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Main Authors: Morteza Soltani, Seyed Mohammadbagher Jafari, Razieh Binandeh
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Language:English
Published: University of Tehran 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Information Technology Management
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Online Access:https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_60717_4351d66c3e8b48d02b4d297b13b5c5ce.pdf
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description In today's business environment companies are facing pressure to innovate and create new knowledge, that these issues have forced them to spend large sums on research and development, involving in high-risk investments, finding exclusive sources and even look for high-tech products with short life cycle. Coopetition strategy (competition and cooperation simultaneously) for companies that are seeking to innovate in order to compete in today's global market, is an essential strategy and provide many innovation opportunities for firms. In this study, the effects of collaboration in IT industry on innovation performance has been investigated in the implementation of the coopetition strategy. This study, is an applied research in terms of purpose, a descriptive survey in terms of data gathering and a correlational study considering relations between variables. The study population consists of Iranian companies operating in IT industry. Data were collected from 180 companies. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling via WARP PLS3. The results showed that coopetition strategy and cooperation in industry has an impact on innovation performance. Also, coopetition strategy moderate the relationship between the cooperation in industry and innovation performance.
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spelling doaj-art-b86347c5c76842529ffebfe92434ae952025-08-20T03:48:42ZengUniversity of TehranJournal of Information Technology Management2008-58932423-50592017-06-019231333210.22059/jitm.2017.6071760717The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition StrategyMorteza Soltani0Seyed Mohammadbagher Jafari1Razieh Binandeh2Assistant Prof. in Business Management, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, IranAssistant Prof. in IT, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, IranMSc in Business Management, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, IranIn today's business environment companies are facing pressure to innovate and create new knowledge, that these issues have forced them to spend large sums on research and development, involving in high-risk investments, finding exclusive sources and even look for high-tech products with short life cycle. Coopetition strategy (competition and cooperation simultaneously) for companies that are seeking to innovate in order to compete in today's global market, is an essential strategy and provide many innovation opportunities for firms. In this study, the effects of collaboration in IT industry on innovation performance has been investigated in the implementation of the coopetition strategy. This study, is an applied research in terms of purpose, a descriptive survey in terms of data gathering and a correlational study considering relations between variables. The study population consists of Iranian companies operating in IT industry. Data were collected from 180 companies. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling via WARP PLS3. The results showed that coopetition strategy and cooperation in industry has an impact on innovation performance. Also, coopetition strategy moderate the relationship between the cooperation in industry and innovation performance.https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_60717_4351d66c3e8b48d02b4d297b13b5c5ce.pdfCoopetitionCooperationCompetitionInnovation performanceIT industry
spellingShingle Morteza Soltani
Seyed Mohammadbagher Jafari
Razieh Binandeh
The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition Strategy
Journal of Information Technology Management
Coopetition
Cooperation
Competition
Innovation performance
IT industry
title The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition Strategy
title_full The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition Strategy
title_fullStr The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition Strategy
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition Strategy
title_short The Effect of Cooperation in IT Industry on Innovation Performance in Condition of Implementing Coopetition Strategy
title_sort effect of cooperation in it industry on innovation performance in condition of implementing coopetition strategy
topic Coopetition
Cooperation
Competition
Innovation performance
IT industry
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