The Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependence (eBook)

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).

Cover 1
Contents 6
List of Tables and Figures 8
Notes on Contributors 10
Part I: Theoretical Foundations 16
1 Understanding Institutional and Organizational Path Dependencies 17
2 Slippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science 27
Part II: Path Dependence in Public and Private Organizations 47
3 Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System 48
4 Path Dependence, Institutionalization and the Decline of Two Public Institutions 63
Part III: Strategic Path Dependence 82
5 Path Dependence through Corporate Political Activity 83
6 Continuity in Change – Path Dependence and Transformation in Two Swedish Multinationals 106
Part IV: Path-dependent Industry Development 122
7 Path Dependence, Modularity and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services 123
8 The Horse’s Hoof: Social Identity, Path Dependence and Path Creation in the Equine Industry 139
9 Path Dependence in Merchant Institutions: The Case of French Public Timber Sales 158
10 Path Dependence, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbul’s Film Cluster 171
11 Path Dependence in Regional Development: What Future for Baden-Württemberg? 188
Part V: Path Dependence of Policy and Institutions 205
12 Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany 206
13 Institutional Path Dependence: A Resistance to Controversies 226
Part VI: Perspectives on a Theory of Path Dependence 240
14 Strategic Consequences of Co-evolutionary Lock-in: Insights from a Longitudinal Process Study 241
Index 257
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I 258
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P 259
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T 259
V 259