Start-ups, as small, new companies, suffer from liabilities of size and lack of experience when entering market competition. Research has suggested that relationships with other organisations might be a solution to balance such liabilities. While several studies underline the importance of relationships between start-ups and large organisations within an Innovation ecosystem, few still analyse the relevance of coopetitive relationships among start-ups. Coopetitive relationships describe “hybrid activity” of simultaneous cooperation and competition among firms while focusing on value creation within an innovation ecosystem. Moving from a case study review, we analyse how start-ups manage the balance between cooperation and competition among peers when belonging to an innovation ecosystem. We call this Our findings propose a framework for evidence about innovative start-ups' primary motivations, managerial mechanisms, and peer innovation strategy practices. Implications for theory define a novel paradigm that start-ups establish to cooperate and compete at the same time while being part of an incubator.

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同行创新作为一种开放式创新策略，用于平衡创新生态系统中技术初创企业之间的竞争与协作

初创企业作为小型新公司，在进入市场竞争时面临着规模过大和缺乏经验的问题。研究表明，与其他组织的关系可能是平衡此类责任的解决方案。尽管一些研究强调了创新生态系统中初创企业与大型组织之间关系的重要性，但很少有人分析初创企业之间合作关系的相关性。合作关系描述了企业之间同时合作和竞争的“混合活动”，同时关注创新生态系统内的价值创造。我们从案例研究回顾出发，分析初创企业在属于创新生态系统时如何管理同行之间的合作与竞争之间的平衡。我们称之为“我们的研究结果提出了一个关于创新型初创企业的主要动机、管理机制和同行创新战略实践的证据框架”。理论意义定义了一种新颖的范式，初创企业可以在该范式中作为孵化器的一部分同时进行合作和竞争。