Research on the coopetition relationship of cluster enterprises based on the network view-taking central-satellite type industry cluster as example

Abstract

With the development of industrial cluster, many clusters have increasingly shown the structure creature of central-satellite type. The central-satellite type has the stronger competition superiority, one important origin of which is the coopetition mechanism on basis of the network structure of cluster enterprises. This study proposes a framework of the coopetition relationship in the industry clusters from the network perspective, then analyzes specifically the cooperation relationships from the two levels of the local and remote network and the coopetition advantage. Present study shows that the coopetition relationship of enterprises in the central-satellite cluster appears different; the coopetition between central-satellite cluster enterprises shows the mode of "single-chain cooperation, multiple-chain competition", which makes the coopetition more orderly and is good for cluster enterprises innovation, networks structures optimization and sale-upgrading; the coopetition between cluster enterprises and remote network objects contributes to avoiding the phenomenon of local hold-up and energizes the development of cluster enterprises. © 2013 Asian Network for Scientific Information.