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Berkowitz, Heloise; Dumez, Herve
Institut Interdisciplinaire de l'Innovation/Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation - i3, CNRS - UMR 9217 (France)2015
Institut Interdisciplinaire de l'Innovation/Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation - i3, CNRS - UMR 9217 (France)2015
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[en] In this paper, we investigate how firms collectively organize their environment. Past literature mostly focused on networks and institutions and has overlooked the role of meta-organizations in this process. Based on the case study of the oil and gas industry, we develop an abductive grounded theory model of meta-organizations as collective partial organizations. Our study shows that firms - complete organizations - organize their environment through the setting up of many meta-organizations - partial and thin organizations, which leads to a growing organizational complexity. This complexity results from the organizational creativity of firms when they are confronted to three decision situations. Finally, we highlight the importance of membership in MOs, analyze the various implications of its completeness or incompleteness for legitimacy, and discuss the emergent concept of outreach strategies which we argue to be central for thin organizations. (authors)
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Cet article etudie la facon dont les firmes organisent collectivement leur environnement. La litterature a tendance a etudier cette question sous l'angle des reseaux et des institutions et s'est relativement peu interessee au role des meta-organisations dans ce processus. A partir d'une etude de cas du secteur petrolier et gazier, nous developpement un modele de meta-organisations comme organisations partielles support de l'action collective entre organisations. Notre article montre que les firmes - des organisations completes - organisent collectivement leur environnement en mettant en place de nombreuses meta-organisations - des organisations partielles et legeres - ce qui produit de la complexite organisationnelle. Cette complexite resulte de la creativite organisationnelle dont les firmes font preuve en etant confrontees a trois situations de decision. Enfin, nous eclairons l'importance des strategies d'appartenance dans les meta-organisations, leurs implications en terme de legitimite, et l'emergence du concept de strategie de sensibilisation. (auteurs)Primary Subject
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Oct 2015; 27 p; 77 refs.; Available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the INIS website for current contact and E-mail addresses
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