Organizational path dependence: A process view

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-335

  Schreyögg, Georg ^a   Sydow, Jörg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

commitment; imprinting; inertia; institutionalization; lock in; organizational change; path dependence; self reinforcing processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953032379     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610397481     Document Type: Article

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