A Study Of Conflict Bearing Value Behaviour Of Cooperative Firms In A County Scenario

With the ongoing advancement of national policies such as rural revitalization and the dual circulation strategy,county-level regions have increasingly become an important engine driving the economic development of China,providing effective opportunities for the growth of county economies.In this context,local platform enterprises,such as rural revitalization investment companies,have continuously emerged and attracted substantial external social capital into county-level regions,supplying ample resources for the development of local industries and economic growth.However,as policies pertaining to county economic development enter more complex phases,challenges in enterprise collaboration and industry development in these regions,such as frequently occurring unfinished projects,have led to substantial wastage of local resources.Existing studies and field research indicate an inherent value conflict between local platform enterprises and their collaborating partners.This is because local platform enterprises focus primarily on the sustained development of local industries,emphasizing long-term value creation – metaphorically "making the cake bigger",whereas collaborating enterprises,aiming to mitigate investment risks in county areas,tend to focus on short-term value capture – metaphorically "slicing the cake".This value behavior conflict has become a key factor hindering effective industrial development in local areas,and the scarcity of resources in county regions exacerbates the impact of value conflicts on effective corporate collaboration.Most existing research attempts to address this issue through balancing value behaviors and explores the multifaceted impacts of factors such as resource and information symmetry on value behavior conflicts,yet these approaches still face significant challenges in resolving value conflicts under the unique circumstances of county economies.Recent studies have suggested that value conflicts might also have beneficial aspects,as ongoing conflicts can stimulate better cooperative relationships among enterprises and provide opportunities for innovating more effective modes of business collaboration.This presents a viable approach to addressing the issue of value conflicts in business behaviors under the conditions of resource scarcity in county economies.Furthermore,in the context of resource scarcity,inter-organizational relationships have also become a key element influencing business cooperation and addressing corporate value conflicts.Based on this,Dissertation employs value theory,organizational trust theory,and organizational interdependence theory as theoretical foundations to explore the relationship between inter-organizational relationships and the management of value conflicts,aiming to reveal the mechanisms by which inter-organizational relationships influence and manage corporate value conflicts.Firstly,Dissertation delves into the mechanism by which organizational trust influences corporate value behavior preferences,identifying the differentiated impacts of various trust dimensions on these preferences.It has been found that calculative trust among collaborating enterprises positively enhances both value creation and value capture behaviors,with a greater promotive effect on value capture as compared to value creation.Relational trust also positively influences both value creation and value capture,but it has a stronger effect on value creation relative to value capture.Secondly,considering the tendency of collaborating enterprises to prefer value capture behaviors,which can easily lead to excessive value capture conflicts,this study explores the impact of a closed cooperative structure on the role of organizational trust within the unique context of county economies,where cooperation within closed "circles" is emphasized.The research reveals that closed cooperative structures play a crucial role in how organizational trust influences corporate value behaviors.Specifically,closed structures negatively impact the promotive effect of calculative trust on value capture preferences,while open structures negatively impact the promotive effect of relational trust on value creation preferences.Therefore,the rational use of closed cooperative structures can effectively promote a preference for value creation behaviors,thus effectively resolving the conflicts caused by excessive value capture.Lastly,Dissertation examines the interaction between value creation and value capture behaviors from the perspective of local platform enterprises,as well as how to achieve an integration of these behaviors through the management of functionally interdependent structures.It has been observed that during corporate cooperation,enterprises face conflicts from excessive development of value capture,excessive development of value creation,and complex value conflicts between enterprises.Facing these value conflicts,adjusting the functionally interdependent structures can effectively change the interactions between value behaviors.Specifically,enterprises can address conflicts caused by excessive value capture by breaking tightly interdependent functional modules,introducing new functions,and developing open modules.Integrating existing functions and solidifying open modules helps form a stable industrial loop to cope with conflicts caused by excessive value creation;stable modules facilitate the cultivation of new modules,which in turn provide greater value space for stable modules.By merging these two types of modules,a continuous functional integration can be formed,effectively harnessing the energy of the interaction between value creation and value capture.Dissertation primarily presents three innovative aspects in its research:Firstly,the study focuses on the economically scarce county-level regions,centering on the natural value behavior conflicts among collaborating enterprises and introduces new conceptual frameworks for addressing these conflicts.This enriches the understanding of value conflicts in corporate collaboration,particularly under resource-scarce conditions.Secondly,Dissertation explores the impact of organizational trust and the role of functionally interdependent structures on corporate value behaviors from an inter-organizational relationship perspective.This provides important insights and practical approaches for mitigating the resource disadvantages inherent in collaborations between enterprises.Thirdly,this study examines the interaction between value creation and value capture behaviors,supplementing the previous singular approach of managing value conflicts from a balance perspective.It offers feasible solutions for integrating value behaviors,thereby broadening the strategies available for handling such conflicts.Overall,Dissertation addresses the issues of corporate collaboration within the county-level economic context,exploring the significant effects of organizational trust and closed cooperative structures on corporate value behavior preferences,as well as the specific role of functionally interdependent structures in achieving an integration of value behaviors.These findings provide effective strategies for resolving conflicts in corporate cooperation and offer guidance for the sustainable development of county-level industries.