The Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependence: Institutions and Organizations

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Understanding Institutional and Organizational Path Dependencies....Pages 3-12
Slippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science....Pages 13-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System....Pages 35-49
Path Dependence, Institutionalization and the Decline of Two Public Institutions....Pages 50-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Path Dependence through Corporate Political Activity....Pages 71-93
Continuity in Change — Path Dependence and Transformation in Two Swedish Multinationals....Pages 94-109
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Path Dependence, Modularity and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services....Pages 113-128
The Horse’s Hoof: Social Identity, Path Dependence and Path Creation in the Equine Industry....Pages 129-147
Path Dependence in Merchant Institutions: The Case of French Public Timber Sales....Pages 148-160
Path Dependence, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbul’s Film Cluster....Pages 161-177
Path Dependence in Regional Development: What Future for Baden-Württemberg....Pages 178-194
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Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany....Pages 197-216
Institutional Path Dependence: A Resistance to Controversies....Pages 217-230
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Strategic Consequences of Co-evolutionary Lock-in: Insights from a Longitudinal Process Study....Pages 233-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-251