Cover	1
	Contents	6
	List of Tables and Figures	8
	Notes on Contributors	10
	Part I: Theoretical Foundations	16
	1 Understanding Institutional and Organizational Path Dependencies	17
	2 Slippery Paths of (Mis)Understanding? Historically Based Explanations in Social Science	27
	Part II: Path Dependence in Public and Private Organizations	47
	3 Imprinting, Path Dependence and Metaroutines: The Genesis and Development of the Toyota Production System	48
	4 Path Dependence, Institutionalization and the Decline of Two Public Institutions	63
	Part III: Strategic Path Dependence	82
	5 Path Dependence through Corporate Political Activity	83
	6 Continuity in Change – Path Dependence and Transformation in Two Swedish Multinationals	106
	Part IV: Path-dependent Industry Development	122
	7 Path Dependence, Modularity and the Offshoring of (Some) Physician Services	123
	8 The Horse’s Hoof: Social Identity, Path Dependence and Path Creation in the Equine Industry	139
	9 Path Dependence in Merchant Institutions: The Case of French Public Timber Sales	158
	10 Path Dependence, Lock-in, and the Emergence of Clusters: The Case of Istanbul’s Film Cluster	171
	11 Path Dependence in Regional Development: What Future for Baden-Württemberg?	188
	Part V: Path Dependence of Policy and Institutions	205
	12 Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany	206
	13 Institutional Path Dependence: A Resistance to Controversies	226
	Part VI: Perspectives on a Theory of Path Dependence	240
	14 Strategic Consequences of Co-evolutionary Lock-in: Insights from a Longitudinal Process Study	241
	Index	257
	A	257
	B	257
	C	257
	D	257
	E	257
	F	257
	G	258
	H	258
	I	258
	L	258
	M	258
	N	258
	O	258
	P	259
	R	259
	S	259
	T	259
	V	259