The hidden dynamics of path dependence: institutions and organizations

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. INDICE: PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS - Path Dependency in Institutions and Organizations; G.Schreyögg ; J.Sydow - Slippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science; D.Breznitz - PART II: PATH DEPENDENCY IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS - Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System; H.van Driel ; W.Dolfsma - Path Dependency, Institutionalization and the Demise of two Public Institutions; S.Kuipers ; A.Boin - PART III: STRATEGIC PATH DEPENDENCY - Path Dependence Through Corporate Political Activity; J.Siedentopp ; A.Söllner - Continuity in Change: Path Dependence and Transformation in two Swedish Multinationals; O.Brunninge ; L.Melin - PART IV: PATH-DEPENDENT INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - Modularity, Path Dependency and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services; M.Stack ; M.Gartland - The Horse's Hoof: Social Identity andPath Creation in the Equine Industry; K.Koput ; D.Olson - Path Dependence andPublic Timber Auctions - Historical Analysis of the Social Construction of a Merchant Institution to Sell France's Public Timber; G.Marty - Path Dependency, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbul's Film Cluster;Ö.Öz ; K.Özkaracalar - Regional Clusters and Path Dependency: The Case of Stuttgart; G.Fuchs - PART V: PATH DEPENDENCY OF POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS - Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany; S.Hess, D.Kleinschmit, L.Theuvsen, S.von Cramon-Taubadel ; U.Zschache - Institutional Path Dependency: A Resistance to Controversies; K.van Nieuwaal - PART VI: PERSPECTIVES ON A THEORY OF PATH DEPENDENCY - Path Dependency and Strategy Evolution; R.Burgelman - Living with 'Lock-in': Path-Constrained Melioration and its Consequences in the Evolution of Non-Ergodic Systems; P.David

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22081-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 12/11/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés