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ABI stands for Abstracted Business Information. There was a database building project going on at the University of Wisconsin named Inform and the creators of ABI obtained the Inform software, materials, and customer list. Therefore, the name became ABI/INFORM.
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Crick, J.M. and Crick, D. (2020), “Coopetition and COVID-19: collaborative business-to-business marketing strategies in a pandemic crisis”, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 88, pp. 206-213.
Felzensztein, C., Gimmon, E. and Deans, K.R. (2018), “Coopetition in regional clusters: keep calm and expect unexpected changes”, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 69, pp. 116-124.
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Gernsheimer, O., Kanbach, D.K. and Gast, J. (2021), “Coopetition research-A systematic literature review on recent accomplishments and trajectories”, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 96, pp. 113-134.