Path Constitution Analysis: A Methodology for Understanding Path Dependence and Path Creation

Business Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-176

  Sydow, Jörg ^a   Windeler, Arnold ^b   Müller Seitz, Gordon ^a   Lange, Knut ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business Research; Business Research Official Open Access; Organizational Field; Path Constitution; Path Dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905405612     PISSN: 21983402     EISSN: 21982627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342736     Document Type: Article

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