Analysis of coopetition strategy research with an emphasis on the transportation industry

Change and development in the business environment have led to the creation of a new model of competition and cooperation in the market. The competition of most countries in the world market has led to a dramatic increase in competition in international trade. To consolidate the core role of companies and meet market needs, maximize market share and minimize running costs, adopting a coopetitive strategy has become common. The purpose of this article is to review the frequency and type of published research, the contents of research of influential countries and their cooperation, as well as major and flourishing thematic categories in coopetition strategy research from 1996 to 2022. In this study, we used CiteSpace software to analyze coopetition strategy research. Based on the analysis of 2998 researches from WoSCC database, the critical features of coopetition strategy research were obtained, which provides an overview of a system of coopetition strategy research with a view to the transportation industry worldwide. The results showed that given the thematic categories related to the transportation industry, were formed during the last decade (since 2010), but in the discussion of the flourishing of subject categories, the subject categories "Transportation Science and Technology" and "Transportation" Among the first three subject categories, they were identified with the strongest prosperity, and in particular, the industry in the last three years (2019 to 2022) has become an active field of coopetition strategy research. The results of this research will help researchers to quickly understand the frontiers of competing strategy research and gain more valuable scientific information. This study also provides resources for future research and useful insights for relevant researchers.