The hidden dynamics of path dependence
Subtitle: institutions and organizations
By: edited by Jörg Sydow, Georg Schreyögg.
Contributors: Sydow, Jörg.; Schreyögg, Georg.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780230220812
Subjects: Evolutionary economics; Institutional economics; Organizational change; Statics and dynamics (Social sciences)
Description: "The theory of path dependence continues to attract great interest in a range of disciplines. An increasing number of scholars have started to explicitly use this theory for studying organizational inertia and institutional rigidities. This volume presents a collection of papers from various international conferences that address these issues"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONSPath Dependency in Institutions and Organizations; title: G. Schreygg and J. SydowSlippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science; title: D. BreznitzPART II: PATH DEPENDENCY IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System; title: H. van Driel and W. DolfsmaPath Dependency, Institutionalization and the Demise of two Public Institutions; title: S. Kuipers and A. BoinPART III: STRATEGIC PATH DEPENDENCY Path Dependence through Corporate Political Activity; title: J. Siedentopp and A. SllnerContinuity in Change: Path Dependence and Transformation in two Swedish Multinationals; title: O. Brunninge and L. MelinPART IV: PATH-DEPENDENT INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT Modularity, Path Dependency and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services; title: M. Stack and M. GartlandThe Horse's Hoof: Social Identity and Path Creation in the Equine Industry; title: K. Koput and D. OlsonPath Dependence and Public Timber Auctions - Historical Analysis of the Social Construction of a Merchant Institution to Sell Frances Public Timber; title: G. MartyPath Dependency, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbuls Film Cluster; title: . z, K. zkaracalarRegional Clusters and Path Dependency. The Case of Stuttgart; title: G. FuchsPART V: PATH DEPENDENCY OF POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany; title: S. Hess, D. Kleinschmit, L. Theuvsen, S. von Cramon-Taubadel and U. ZschacheInstitutional Path Dependency: A Resistance to Controversies; K. van NieuwaalPART VI: PERSPECTIVES ON A THEORY OF PATH DEPENDENCYPath Dependency and Strategy Evolution; title: R. BurgelmanLiving with 'Lock-in'": Path-Constrained Melioration and its Consequences in the Evolution of Non-Ergodic Systems; title: P. David PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONSPath Dependency in Institutions and Organizations; title: G. Schreygg and J. SydowSlippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science; title: D. BreznitzPART II: PATH DEPENDENCY IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System; title: H. van Driel and W. DolfsmaPath Dependency, Institutionalization and the Demise of two Public Institutions; title: S. Kuipers and A. BoinPART III: STRATEGIC PATH DEPENDENCY Path Dependence through Corporate Political Activity; title: J. Siedentopp and A. SllnerContinuity in Change: Path Dependence and Transformation in two Swedish Multinationals; title: O. Brunninge and L. MelinPART IV: PATH-DEPENDENT INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT Modularity, Path Dependency and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services; title: M. Stack and M. GartlandThe Horse's Hoof: Social Identity and Path Creation in the Equine Industry; title: K. Koput and D. OlsonPath Dependence and Public Timber Auctions - Historical Analysis of the Social Construction of a Merchant Institution to Sell Frances Public Timber; title: G. MartyPath Dependency, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbuls Film Cluster; title: . z, K. zkaracalarRegional Clusters and Path Dependency. The Case of Stuttgart; title: G. FuchsPART V: PATH DEPENDENCY OF POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany; title: S. Hess, D. Kleinschmit, L. Theuvsen, S. von Cramon-Taubadel and U. ZschacheInstitutional Path Dependency: A Resistance to Controversies; K. van NieuwaalPART VI: PERSPECTIVES ON A THEORY OF PATH DEPENDENCYPath Dependency and Strategy Evolution; title: R. BurgelmanLiving with 'Lock-in'": Path-Constrained Melioration and its Consequences in the Evolution of Non-Ergodic Systems; title: P. David.