Path dependence

Waldemar Kremser and Jörg Sydow

Chapter 4.38 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice, 2025, pp 504-507 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Research on organizational path dependence, while distinctive in many respects, has many affinities with research on SAP, which creates opportunities for cross-fertilization. The concept of path dependence emphasizes how history matters in and among organizations, potentially amounting to a systemic force that inhibits change. This can enrich SAP's understanding of the interplay between agency and structure in strategic processes. At the same time, SAP's focus on the situated practices of strategizing can provide valuable insights into the processual dynamics through which organizational path dependence emerges, is maintained, and may be overcome. The concept of path dependence is important, not only for strategy research in general but for SAP research in particular.

Keywords: Path dependence; SAP; Organizational change; Strategic inertia; Self-reinforcing dynamics; Lock-in (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035315956
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