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The paper explores the role of interorganizational networks in the process of creating technological paths and tries to answer the question whether, and under which conditions, such paths can be mindfully be created. For that reason, six modes of constituting technological paths are distinguished, whereby path creation and path extension are two of the more reflexive modes of path constitution. Both are illustrated by investigating the organizational forms and practices of two R&D consortia in the semiconductor industry: SEMATECH and EUV LCC. First insights into the role of such consortia in processes of path extension and creation are presented.