Agency in the face of path dependence: how organizations can regain scope for maneuver
| Autor: | Arne Keller, Johann Fortwengel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Scope (project management)
Computer science 05 social sciences Agency (philosophy) 050301 education Lock-in Agency Self-reinforcing mechanisms Corporate finance Path dependence Argument 0502 economics and business Path (graph theory) ddc:650 Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Position (finance) 0503 education Futures contract 050203 business & management Law and economics |
| Zdroj: | King's College London |
| Popis: | This paper tackles a key problem in path dependence research: how can locked-in organizations regain their scope for maneuver? Leveraging insights from two surprising and thus revelatory cases of organizations that have successfully escaped from path dependence, we develop the theoretical argument that regaining scope for maneuver can be achieved by interrupting the logic of a path’s underlying self-reinforcing mechanisms. More specifically, we argue that, through a targeted interruption of the working of these mechanisms, hyper-stable patterns inscribed in an organization can be gradually rewound—and alternative futures become possible. We position our paper within larger debates around the role of agency in path dependence theorizing, and we outline research frontiers to better understand the necessary antecedents of and exact relationship between mechanisms interruption and pattern unwinding. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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