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Meta‐organization design: Rethinking design in interorganizational and community contexts
Author(s) -
Gulati Ranjay,
Puranam Phanish,
Tushman Michael
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.1975
Subject(s) - organizational architecture , taxonomy (biology) , key (lock) , knowledge management , collective action , action (physics) , business , sociology , management science , process management , management , computer science , political science , economics , politics , law , botany , physics , computer security , quantum mechanics , biology
This article provides conceptual foundations for analyzing organizations comprising multiple legally autonomous entities, which we call meta‐organizations. We assess the antecedents of the emergence of such collectives and the design choices they entail. The article identifies key parameters on which such meta‐organizations' designs differ from each other. It also presents a taxonomy that elucidates how such forms of collective action vary and the constraints they must address to be successful. We conclude with implications for research on meta‐organizational design. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.