On the Theory of Organizational Path Dependence: Clarifications, Replies to Objections, and Extensions

This article reflects on our article of 2009, "Organizational path dependence: Opening the black box," which received the Academy of Management Review's Decade Award in 2019. We review how the article has been used in subsequent research, discuss the criticism it has elicited, and ree...

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