Coopetition and Virtual Collaborations: Global Competitiveness in Research and Practice

Wilson R. Nyemba; Charles Mbohwa; Keith F. Carter

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70493-3_9

Coopetition and Virtual Collaborations: Global Competitiveness in Research and Practice

Wilson R. Nyemba
, Charles Mbohwa
, Keith F. Carter

University of Johannesburg
University of Zimbabwe
University of Leicester

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4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Collaborations among tertiary institutions for research and other related activities have never been more important, particularly in this era of dynamic and rapid changes in technology. Performance of institutions have also become topical as more ranking organisations have been created to assess the integrity and competitiveness of tertiary institutions. While tertiary institutions were expected to embrace both competition and cooperation concurrently, it was vital to develop strategies that could enhance such collaborations. Many initiatives have been undertaken to address these gaps, but along came COVID-19, which forced businesses to operate under restrictive measures and mostly virtual. This chapter focusses on the Higher Education Partnerships for Sub-Saharan Africa (HEP SSA) and how it has strategised and achieved its goals through coopetition and virtual collaboration as a way of bridging the gap between academia and industry. The results have demonstrated that coopetition was not only a strategy for market share and protection but also led to the access of resources that were usually unavailable in solitary operation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	189-208
Number of pages	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70493-3_9
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Name	EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
ISSN (Print)	2522-8595
ISSN (Electronic)	2522-8609

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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Competition
Cooperation
Coopetition
Dynamic trends
Engineering change management
HEP SSA
Internationalisation
Knowledge sharing
Regional integration
SAENet
Team performance
Virtual collaborations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems
Health Informatics
Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Nyemba, W. R., Mbohwa, C., & Carter, K. F. (2021). Coopetition and Virtual Collaborations: Global Competitiveness in Research and Practice. In EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing (pp. 189-208). (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70493-3_9

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