Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of extant research revolving around the role of policy makers and regulators in driving and affecting coopetition. Based on selected research, we describe the relevance of policy makers and regulators in triggering, promoting, and affecting coopetitive interactions among economic actors that did not intentionally plan to coopete before the external institutional stakeholders (i.e., a policy maker or regulator) created the conditions for the emergence of coopetititon. Several conclusions are drawn and a promising research agenda is put forward.