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Value co-destruction: Exploring the role of actors’ opportunism in the B2B context

Pathak, Buddhi; Ashok, Mona; Tan, Yin Leng

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Authors

Buddhi Pathak

Mona Ashok

Yin Leng Tan



Abstract

This exploratory study investigates value co-destruction in the Business-to-Business (B2B) context and examines the impact of actors’ opportunistic behaviour on value co-creation. The research undertakes an in-depth case study based approach. It uses data triangulation, where multiple sources of evidence (interviews, conference audio recordings and documents) are collected from the case organisation (a vendor) and its service ecosystem partners in the ICT sector. The partners included in the study are distributors, channel partners, competitors, and customers. B2B alliances are driven by the motivations to maximise strategic value and minimise transaction cost. Thus, using the ecosystem lens, we find that actors’ capabilities (resources and perceived value), vendor's approach to achieving strategic benefit and the channel governance mechanism enable value co-creation. However, using the transaction cost theory lens, we report that actors’ opportunistic behaviour, technological disruptions and new business model challenges lead to value co-destruction (in the form of termination of relationship, conflict and business liquidation). Alliance partners need to evaluate the strategic benefits of collaboration, knowledge sharing, learning, trust building, market expansion and technology sharing, considering partners’ self-serving behaviour driven by transaction cost economies. All ecosystem actors are seeking to develop capabilities, exhibit knowledge differentiators, demonstrate technology leadership, reduce uncertainty and respond to new business model challenges thus causing value co-destruction. Thus, this research is more encompassing because it explores factors that lead to both value co-creation and co-destruction.

Citation

Pathak, B., Ashok, M., & Tan, Y. L. (2020). Value co-destruction: Exploring the role of actors’ opportunism in the B2B context. International Journal of Information Management, 52, Article 102093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102093

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 28, 2020
Online Publication Date Feb 1, 2020
Publication Date Jun 1, 2020
Deposit Date Apr 29, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Journal of Information Management
Print ISSN 0268-4012
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 52
Article Number 102093
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102093
Keywords Computer Networks and Communications; Library and Information Sciences; Information Systems
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7308567
Related Public URLs http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/88809/
Additional Information This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Value co-destruction: Exploring the role of actors’ opportunism in the B2B context; Journal Title: International Journal of Information Management; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102093; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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