Is one path enough? Multiple paths and path interaction as an extension of path dependency theory

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1261-1297

  Bergek, Anna ^a   Onufrey, Ksenia ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84947496055     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt040     Document Type: Article

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