W7167606178 Working papers AI × management and organizations

From Alliances to Swarms: Rethinking Competition and Collaboration in the Age of AI

Yves L. Doz · Soumitra Dutta

Also recorded as: doi:10.2139/ssrn.7070619 · ssrn:7070619

ssrn abstract page · 2026-07-07

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The abstract proposes temporary cross-firm swarms of agents, data, capabilities, and protocols as a new unit of interorganizational strategy, supported by a six-layer architecture covering capability, interface, agents, coordination, competition, and governance.

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Scope: agentic AI, interorganizational coordination, competition, and governance

The abstract proposes swarms as temporary cross-firm configurations of agents, data, capabilities, and protocols, and introduces a six-layer stack spanning capability, interface, agents, coordination, competition, and governance.

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Scope: abstract-level inter-organizational strategy contribution

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  • the proposed swarm framework is conceptual
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