… Three main analytical insights into the conditions that give rise to path dependence in … of
human organizations and institutions, a question which the ‘new institutional economics’ has not …

… path dependence in a more rigorous manner and to unpack the often hidden dynamics
underlying path-dependent … institutional and organizational path dependence which at the same …

… institutional change create one common impasse. Either we preserve institutional insights
about path dependence … new path creation and deny our insights about path dependence and …

… Professor of Organization and Leadership at Freie Universität Berlin. His current research
interests include organizational change, organizational capabilities and path dependence. He …

… Moreover, within most organizations, irrespective of their institutional environments, there …
to share common pathdependent processes. In short, a common organizational culture tends …

… of the concept of ‘path dependence’ in political studies, but … survey of the literature on
path dependence, it presents a … elements of a path-dependent system incorporating insights …

… path dependence concept and locate its potential for studying historical trajectories of
institutional … reforms to indicate the use of the open pathway concept. Finally, I review the social …

… path dependent." The concept, however, is often employed without careful elaboration. This
article conceptualizes path dependence … to describe political processes as "path dependent." …

… In this article, I argue that path dependence characterizes specifically … institutional patterns
or event chains that have deterministic properties. The identification of path dependence …

… of path dependence. In a flurry of recent work Paul Pierson (2000a, 2000b, 2000c, 2000d)
has elaborated an enticing theory of path dependence … that a path dependent historical or …