The theory of organizational path dependence helps us to understand why organizational
change is sometimes extremely difficult, if not impossible. Although recent …

This paper tackles a key problem in path dependence research: how can locked-in
organizations regain their scope for maneuver? Leveraging insights from two surprising and …

Zusammenfassung Pfade, Mechanismen, Ereignisse–das sind die drei Topoi, die in den
letzten Jahren und Jahrzehnten die Forschungen und Diskussionen in der Soziologie …

Contemporary works on entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) suffer from a lack of theorization.
We address this problem by conceptualizing EEs as institutional fields, which is an analytical …

We investigate the role external change agents (eg, consultants), play in stimulating
corporate sustainability investments. Using data on more than 5,300 energy efficiency …

An explorative case study is used to investigate the formation of information pathologies on
the societal level. The paper conceptualizes these particular information pathologies as …

Service-dominant logic (SD logic) is directed at transcending goods-dominant logic. SD
logic proposes service (ie,'the process of using one's resources for the benefit of another …

Organizations are increasingly required to change rapidly and radically, ie, to innovate or
adapt to new circumstances in the technical and/or institutional environment. However …

This doctoral thesis reports on an organizational history of the city of Dresden, with respect
to the conflicting construction of a new bridge at Waldschlösschen. This project finds its …

Diese Dissertation untersucht die Gründe für die Persistenz von Regimes überlanger
Arbeitszeiten und konstanter Verfügbarkeit in professionellen Dienstleistungsunternehmen …