Coopetition:
Coopetition is the act of cooperation between competing companies; businesses that engage in both competition and cooperation are said to be in coopetition. Certain businesses gain an advantage by using a judicious mixture of cooperation with suppliers, customers, and firms producing complementary or related products.
Coopetition is a type of strategic alliance that is particularly common between software and hardware firms. [Investopedia]
Noted in “Trump’s tax bill has become a battlefield for tobacco giants,” Jacob Bogage, WaPo:
“They have a disagreement on this policy, but they’re partners. It’s classic ‘coopetition,’” said [Senator] Tillis, using a term that describes when two competing companies rely on a shared infrastructure. For tobacco firms, many contract with the same growers for various types of leaf. “At the end of the day, it’s the impact on growers I have the concern with.”
