The concept of path dependence has often been criticized as vague and only narrowly
applicable. Although we can find some very refined definitions of the concept, we also find a …

Proliferating digitalization affects the evolution of business models across contexts and
challenges firms' established innovation trajectories. Prior work on organizational path …

This review concerns the methodological challenges that industrial ecology faces in
integrating natural and social sciences. Network analysis can be seen as the most promising …

Value creation for consumers, as the conditio sine qua non for value capture, is at the heart
of demand-side strategy research and is a core element of almost any business model. In …

This article reflects on our article of 2009,“Organizational path dependence: Opening the
black box,” which received the Academy of Management Review's Decade Award in 2019 …

Organizational researchers have long used imprinting as a theoretical lens for a historically
embedded understanding of diverse, significant phenomena for explanatory, evaluative, and …

There has been a growing debate about the role of history in management research with
several authors making suggestions on how to bring the two (back) together and others …

Das Gebiet des Managements bildet eine gleichermaßen faszinierende wie
herausfordernde Tätigkeit ab, die heutzutage für eine Vielzahl von Berufsfeldern von größter …

Inter-organizational relations are increasingly important in today's organizational landscape.
The management of these relations requires unique understandings and capabilities. Hence …

Although an increasing number of studies of technological, institutional and organizational
change refer to the concepts of path dependence and path creation, few attempts have been …