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Institutional Path Dependence

Institutional Path Dependence is a theoretical construct in institutional theory that explains how historical sequences of events and prior institutional arrangements constrain subsequent institutional development by creating self-reinforcing mechanisms that limit the feasibility of alternative trajectories.

231

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27.8K

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397

Authors

271

Institutions

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2017–2026

45

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231

Path dependence in historical sociology

James Mahoney · Theory and Society · 2000 · 3.4K citations

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The Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders

James G. March, Johan P. Olsen · International Organization · 1998 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative, and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism

Giovanni Capoccia, R. Daniel Kelemen · World Politics · 2007 · 2.3K citations

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Institutional Entrepreneurship as Embedded Agency: An Introduction to the Special Issue

Raghu Garud, Cynthia Hardy, Steve Maguire · Organization Studies · 2007 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Path Dependence, Lock-In, and History

Stan J. Liebowitz, Stephen E. Margolis · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1995 · 1.2K citations

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Authors

397

  1. RD
    Richard Deeg

    Temple College, United States

    5 publications · 581 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. SE
    Scott E. Page

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 87 citations

    3

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  3. JB
    Jenna Bednar

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 87 citations

    3

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  4. GJ
    Grégory Jackson

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    3 publications · 437 citations

    3

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  5. GD
    Gary D. Libecap

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    3 publications · 177 citations

    3

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Institutions

271

  1. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    890 citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    986 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

    Cologne, Germany

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    709 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    3.5K citations

  5. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    685 citations

  6. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    738 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    397 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    321 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 9 publications · 625 citations

    9

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  2. Organization Studies

    4 publications · 1.6K citations

    4

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  3. Journal of European Public Policy

    JEPP · 4 publications · 352 citations

    4

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  4. Socio-Economic Review

    SER · 3 publications · 473 citations

    3

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  5. European Planning Studies

    3 publications · 101 citations

    3

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