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1 online resource |
| Contents |
List of tables -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Self-reinforcing processes in organizations, networks and fields : an introduction / Jorg Sydow, Georg Schreyogg -- Path dependence by self-reinforcing processes -- Self-reinforcing mechanisms in organizational fields : the development of an innovation path in the car industry / Uli Meyer -- How organizations become enduring: disentangling the organizational identity paradox / Stefan Kirchner -- Explaining and monitoring self-reinforcing processes -- Regimes and reflexivity : exploring self-reinforcing mechanisms fostering and impeding innovation capability / Frank Schirmer, Michael Tasto, Daniel Knodler -- Self-reinforcing mechanisms and organizational decision making : the case of project -- Prioritization in a financial institution / Arisa Shollo, Ioanna Constantiou -- Service innovation capabilities dynamisation in knowledge-intensive organizations : -- Evidence from research and technology organizations / Lidia Gryszkiewicz, Eleni Giannopoulou, Pierre-Jean Barlatier -- Anomie-driven dynamics of deviance / Gabriele Fassauer -- Imprints, self-reinforcement and active reinforcement : the case of corporate value statements / Anna Blombäck, Olof Brunninge, Anders Melander -- Research perspectives and conclusion -- Locking in and unlocking : adding to path dependence / Mona Ericson, Rolf A. Lundin -- Locked in the iron cage? : when institutionalization is (not) a path-dependent process / Olivier Berthod, Jorg Sydow -- Specifying the role of events in path dependence / Hugo van Driel -- Self-reinforcing processes : an assessment / Huseyin Leblebici |
| Summary |
The study of individual agency, innovation and entrepreneurship is currently experiencing a new birth in management and organization research. As a matter of fact, the dynamics of institutional entrepreneurship, of path creation and disruptive change, have reached the general discourse on organization and management. While this is certainly welcome, one runs the danger of overlooking the power of self-reinforcing processes in and among organizations. Such dynamics run, to a large extent, beyond the control and attention of individuals and organizations and may thus constitute tenacious limits to the innovative endeavours aforementioned. This volume is dedicated to the theoretical and empirical study of self-reinforcements and decidedly redirects attention to these processes, including: escalating commitment, organizational imprinting and path dependence, and sheds light on the genesis and rise of their pervasive influence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Organizational behavior.
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Risk management.
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risk management.
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Organizational theory & behaviour.
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Entrepreneurship.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Negotiating.
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Business and Management.
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Organizational behavior
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Risk management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sydow, Jörg
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Schreyögg, Georg
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| ISBN |
9780230392830 |
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0230392830 |
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