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The theory of path dependence continues to attract great interest ina wide range of disciplines, including business studies, organization research, economic history, political science, and regional studies. Anincreasing number of scholars have started to use this theory for studying organizational inertia, strategic persistencies, institutional rigidities, and regional lock-ins. Most recently, even issues of un-locking and creating path dependencies have been addressed. This book presentsa selection of chapters that have been presented and discussed at a series of conferences includingthe Academy of Management (AoM), European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS), and the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM)
"The theory of path dependence continues to attract great interest in a range of disciplines.An increasing number of scholars have startedto 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
