"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.
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.
|
List of Tables and Figures |
|
|
vii | |
| Notes on Contributors |
|
ix | |
|
Part I Theoretical Foundations |
|
|
|
Understanding Institutional and Organizational Path Dependencies |
|
|
3 | (10) |
|
|
|
|
|
Slippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science |
|
|
13 | (22) |
|
|
|
Part II Path Dependence in Public and Private Organizations |
|
|
|
Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System |
|
|
35 | (15) |
|
|
|
|
|
Path Dependence, Institutionalization and the Decline of Two Public Institutions |
|
|
50 | (21) |
|
|
|
|
|
Part III Strategic Path Dependence |
|
|
|
Path Dependence through Corporate Political Activity |
|
|
71 | (23) |
|
|
|
|
|
Continuity in Change - Path Dependence and Transformation in Two Swedish Multinationals |
|
|
94 | (19) |
|
|
|
|
|
Part IV Path-dependent Industry Development |
|
|
|
Path Dependence, Modularity and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services |
|
|
113 | (16) |
|
|
|
|
|
The Horse's Hoof: Social Identity, Path Dependence and Path Creation in the Equine Industry |
|
|
129 | (19) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Path Dependence in Merchant Institutions: The Case of French Public Timber Sales |
|
|
148 | (13) |
|
|
|
Path Dependence, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbul's Film Cluster |
|
|
161 | (17) |
|
|
|
|
|
Path Dependence in Regional Development: What Future for Baden-Wurttemberg? |
|
|
178 | (19) |
|
|
|
Part V Path Dependence of Policy and Institutions |
|
|
|
Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany |
|
|
197 | (20) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel |
|
|
|
|
Institutional Path Dependence: A Resistance to Controversies |
|
|
217 | (16) |
|
|
|
Part VI Perspectives on a Theory of Path Dependence |
|
|
|
Strategic Consequences of Co-evolutionary Lock-in: Insights from a Longitudinal Process Study |
|
|
233 | (16) |
|
|
| Index |
|
249 | |
JÖRG SYDOW is Professor of Management at Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck, the University of Vienna (both Austria), and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. From 2004-2007 he was an international Visiting Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), London.
GEORG SCHREYÖGG is Professor of Organization and Leadership at Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. His current research interests include organizational change, organizational capabilities and path dependency. He received his doctorate in Business Administration from the Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. In 2005-6 he served as President of the German Association of University Teachers for Business Administration (VHB).
Lisainfo e-raamatute kohta