Self-Reinforcing Processes in and among Organizations [electronic resource] /
Sydow, J.editor.
Schreyögg, G.editor.
Management and organization research has rediscovered individual agency, innovation and entrepreneurship. As such, there is a risk of overlooking the power of self-reinforcing processes in and among organizations. This volume redirects attention to these processes, including: escalating commitment, organizational imprinting and path dependence.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of tables -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Self-reinforcing processes in organizations, networks and fields : an introduction / Jorg Sydow, Georg Schreyogg -- Path dependence by self-reinforcing processes -- Self-reinforcing mechanisms in organizational fields : the development of an innovation path in the car industry / Uli Meyer -- How organizations become enduring: disentangling the organizational identity paradox / Stefan Kirchner -- Explaining and monitoring self-reinforcing processes -- Regimes and reflexivity : exploring self-reinforcing mechanisms fostering and impeding innovation capability / Frank Schirmer, Michael Tasto, Daniel Knodler -- Self-reinforcing mechanisms and organizational decision making : the case of project -- Prioritization in a financial institution / Arisa Shollo, Ioanna Constantiou -- Service innovation capabilities dynamisation in knowledge-intensive organizations : -- Evidence from research and technology organizations / Lidia Gryszkiewicz, Eleni Giannopoulou, Pierre-Jean Barlatier -- Anomie-driven dynamics of deviance / Gabriele Fassauer -- Imprints, self-reinforcement and active reinforcement : the case of corporate value statements / Anna Blombäck, Olof Brunninge, Anders Melander -- Research perspectives and conclusion -- Locking in and unlocking : adding to path dependence / Mona Ericson, Rolf A. Lundin -- Locked in the iron cage? : when institutionalization is (not) a path-dependent process / Olivier Berthod, Jorg Sydow -- Specifying the role of events in path dependence / Hugo van Driel -- Self-reinforcing processes : an assessment / Huseyin Leblebici.
Management and organization research has rediscovered individual agency, innovation and entrepreneurship. As such, there is a risk of overlooking the power of self-reinforcing processes in and among organizations. This volume redirects attention to these processes, including: escalating commitment, organizational imprinting and path dependence.
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