TY - JOUR T1 - Competitive Intensity, Strategic Capabilities and Strategic Business Choices: Competitive, Cooperation or Coopetition. The Case of Tunisian Manufacturing Industries AU - Zgarni, Asma JO - International Business Management VL - 13 IS - 7 SP - 256 EP - 265 PY - 2019 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2019.256.265 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2019.256.265 KW - Competitive intensity KW -strategic capabilities KW -competitive strategy KW -cooperation KW -coopetition KW -data AB - This propose to study the comparative explanatory factors (external and internal) of coopetition, cooperation and competitive strategies and consequently to explain the croissant recourse to coopetition in the detriment of other strategies. By adopting a quantitative hypothetico-deductive approach based on the structural equations method in data analysis, the study show that a highly intensity of competition coupled with a high need in strategic capabilities favors coopetition. However, when the intensity of competition is limited but the need for is slightly higher, companies are better off adopting pure cooperation. However, competitive strategies are conducted in a high competition’s intensity and in an exceed’s strategic capabilities situations. ER -