Coopetition in supply management, a means to increasing a company's competitiveness

How do managers ensure that coopetition is successfully implemented. To ensure the successful implementation coopetition the paper reflects on two sides, the things that managers should always do and things managers should avoid. Examples of this are contracting, partner selection and evaluation. Within these two there are certain specific cases in which managers should act differently, because this could potentially lead to problems, This is mostly based on information sharing. Based on the things managers should do I have developed a framework for the implementation of coopetition. This framework is called the coopetition implementation framework (CIF). The framework describes a path managers should take, following the framework will aid them in successfully implementing coopetition and limiting the risks it could bring.