relation: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/42148/ title: Why Meta-Organizations Matter: A Response to Lawton et al. and Spillman creator: Berkowitz, Héloïse creator: Bor, Sanne subject: C- GESTION description: In a recent issue in this journal, Lawton et al. and Spillman argue for the importance of studying trade associations, also referred to with the broader term meta-organization. They discuss why meta-organizations matter and why more research is needed on the topic. We fully concur with the authors that meta-organizations constitute an inflating, diverse, and undeniable phenomenon of collective action among organizations and that collective scholarly efforts are necessary to improve our understanding of meta-organizations in their multiplicity. In this article, we shed some light on a body of work already investigating the matter. They constitute what we call the “European School” of meta-organization. We show the relevance of this recent European work for the US–UK-oriented trade association research and aim to bridge the gap between these research traditions by proposing a common research agenda on key topics of resources, forms’ differentiation, coopetition, and their role in sustainability governance publisher: Sage Periodicals Press date: 2018 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Berkowitz, Héloïse and Bor, Sanne (2018) Why Meta-Organizations Matter: A Response to Lawton et al. and Spillman. Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 27 (n° 2). pp. 204-211. relation: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XYqEiCKF4JAWgVRPGeAS/full relation: https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617712895 identifier: https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617712895 language: en