The Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependence: Institutions and Organizations

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
Part I: Theoretical Foundations......Page 16
1 Understanding Institutional and Organizational Path Dependencies......Page 18
2 Slippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science......Page 28
Part II: Path Dependence in Public and Private Organizations......Page 48
3 Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System......Page 50
4 Path Dependence, Institutionalization and the Decline of Two Public Institutions......Page 65
Part III: Strategic Path Dependence......Page 84
5 Path Dependence through Corporate Political Activity......Page 86
6 Continuity in Change – Path Dependence and Transformation in Two Swedish Multinationals......Page 109
Part IV: Path-dependent Industry Development......Page 126
7 Path Dependence, Modularity and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services......Page 128
8 The Horse’s Hoof: Social Identity, Path Dependence and Path Creation in the Equine Industry......Page 144
9 Path Dependence in Merchant Institutions: The Case of French Public Timber Sales......Page 163
10 Path Dependence, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbul’s Film Cluster......Page 176
11 Path Dependence in Regional Development: What Future for Baden-Württemberg?......Page 193
Part V: Path Dependence of Policy and Institutions......Page 210
12 Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany......Page 212
13 Institutional Path Dependence: A Resistance to Controversies......Page 232
Part VI: Perspectives on a Theory of Path Dependence......Page 246
14 Strategic Consequences of Co-evolutionary Lock-in: Insights from a Longitudinal Process Study......Page 248
F......Page 264
O......Page 265
V......Page 266