id,collection,dc.contributor.author,dc.date.accessioned,dc.date.available,dc.date.issued,dc.description.abstract[en],dc.format.extent,dc.identifier.uri,dc.language,dc.rights.uri,dc.subject,dc.subject.ddc,dc.title,dc.title.subtitle,dc.type,dcterms.accessRights.openaire,dcterms.bibliographicCitation,dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi,dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url,dcterms.isPartOf.issn,refubium.affiliation.other,refubium.affiliation[de],refubium.mycore.derivateId,refubium.mycore.fudocsId,refubium.note.author,refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub "8a865855-1df8-4fdb-8f8a-59e763db28e6","fub188/16","Dobusch, Leonhard||Schüßler, Elke","2018-06-08T10:50:20Z","2017-06-16T07:56:40.748Z","2013","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 wide range of empirical phenomena being described as path-dependent. We argue that more detailed accounts of the positive feedback mechanisms that form paths can take path dependence beyond this state of being overdetermined, but under-specified. Reviewing three well-described cases of path-dependent dynamics in technology markets, regional clustering, and organizations, we define a core set of positive feedback mechanisms that constitute path dependence at different analysis levels and clarify the relationship between positive feedback and increasing returns. We show that path-dependent processes, that is, processes driven by positive feedback that veer toward rigidity or lock-in, can be (but do not have to be) found under many labels, including structural inertia, coevolution, or institutional persistence. We conclude that a precise definition of path dependence does not need to be at odds with the concept’s widespread use in understanding organizational and industrial development processes.","39 Seiten","https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/21182||http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-24478","eng","http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen","path dependence||technology market||feedback mechanism","300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft||600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::650 Management, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit","Theorizing Path Dependence","A Review of Positive Feedback Mechanisms in Technology Markets, Regional Clusters, and Organizations","Wissenschaftlicher Artikel","open access","Industrial and Corporate Change. - 22 (2013), 3, S. 617-647","10.1093/icc/dts029","http://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dts029","0960-6491","Betriebswirtschaftslehre / Management-Department:::bdec8274-f75a-4d64-a3d8-cfd32b0a0bf3:::600","Wirtschaftswissenschaft","FUDOCS_derivate_000000008326","FUDOCS_document_000000027193","This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Industrial and Corporate Change following peer review. The version of record Leonhard Dobusch, Elke Schüßler; Theorizing path dependence: a review of positive feedback mechanisms in technology markets, regional clusters, and organizations. Ind Corp Change 2013; 22 (3): 617-647 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dts029","no"