This dialog examines the role that trade associations play in influencing the cognitive interpretations that develop within markets. It identifies how trade associations can enable cognition by providing a space for discourse as well as influence its outcome by playing an active role in the unfolding discourse. Taking account of trade associations within can broaden our understanding of how and why cognitive interpretations form within markets.
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