| What does cooperation mean? | Cooperation is the interaction between agencies and organizations that does not require sharing of any resources; primarily done through communication and information |
| What does Competition mean? | The effort of two or more parties acting independently to secure the business of a third party by offering the most favourable terms |
| To not cooperate? | • In case of a cooperation offer, we must think
– Which other parties exist that will cooperate if we don’t
– What alternative agreements (Kan vi utöva) and what alternative agreements we might want to take instead
• How can we ensure that we don’t lose our market share to our competitors, but not losing our competitive edge through cooperation either |
| To cooperating? | • Cooperation can lead to improvements
– Profitability (or cost reduction)
– Environmental aspects
– Flexibility
• Win/win: less complicated decision making
• Still, win is often not enough to secure cooperation (especially among competitors)
– How are common costs (or gains) allocated among the cooperating parties? (Hur fördelas kostanderna och vinsterna) |
| What is Coopetition (Samarbete och konkurrens möts)? | – COOPeration + comPETITION → coopetition
• Coopetition is “cooperating with a competitor to achieve a common goal or make a progress”
Detta kan ske när företag väljer att samarbete med varandra t.ex. använda facebook login i en app. |
