Self-Reinforcing Processes in and Among Organizations

Herausgegeben:Sydow, J.; Schreyögg, G.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Management and organization research has rediscovered individual agency, innovation and entrepreneurship. As such, there is a risk of overlooking the power of self-reinforcing processes in and among organizations. This volume redirects attention to these processes, including: escalating commitment, organizational imprinting and path dependence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-39282-3
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 475g
• ISBN-13: 9780230392823
• ISBN-10: 0230392822
• Artikelnr.: 36331459

Autorenporträt

JÖRG SYDOW is a Professor of Management at the School of Business & Economics of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where he earned his doctorate and habilitation in business administration. From 2004 until 2007 he was an International Visiting Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Research, London, and from 2008-2012 an Elected Fellow at Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). He is a founding co-editor of Managementforschung and a member of the editorial boards of Organization Studies, Organization Science, Academy of Management Review, and The Scandinavian Journal of Management. G EORG SCHREYÖGG is Professor of Organization and Leadership at the School of Business & Economics of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. His current research interests include organizational change, organizational capabilities and path dependence. He received his doctorate in business administration from the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. He was an International Fellow of Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Research and Elected Fellow at Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). He also served as President of the German Association of University Teachers for Business Administration (VHB). He has been a member of theeditorial board of several national and international journals. He has published in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization Studies, Organization.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Self-reinforcing Processes in Organizations, Networks and Fields - An Introduction; J.Sydow G.Schreyögg Path Dependence by Self-reinforcing Processes Self-reinforcing Mechanisms in Organizational Fields: The Development of an Innovation Path in the Car Industry; U.Meyer How Organizations Become Enduring: Disentangling the Organizational Identity Paradox; S.Kirchner A Tale of Two Cities in Regional Entrepreneurship Policymaking: A Comparative Study of Suzhou and Wuxi from Path Dependence Perspective; Y.Liu, X.Cao Y.Xing Explaining and Monitoring Self-reinforcing Processes Regimes and Reflexivity: Exploring Self-reinforcing Mechanisms Fostering and Impeding Innovation Capability; F.Schirmer, M.Tasto & D.Knödler Self-reinforcing Mechanisms and Organizational Decision Making: The Case of Project Prioritization in a Financial Institution; A.Shollo I.Constantiou Service Innovation Capabilities Dynamisation in Knowledge-intensive Organizations: Evidence from Research and Technology Organizations; L.Gryszkiewicz, E.Giannopoulou P-J.Barlatier Anomie-driven Dynamics of Deviance; G.Fassauer Imprints, Self-reinforcement and Active Reinforcement: The Case of Corporate Value Statements; A.Blombäck, O.Brunninge A.Melander Research Perspectives and Conclusion Locking in and Unlocking - Adding to Path Dependence; M.Ericson R.A.Lundin Locked in the Iron Cage? When Institutionalization is (not) a Path-dependent Process; O.Berthod J.Sydow Specifying the Role of Events in Path Dependence; H.van Driel Self-reinforcing Processes - An Assessment; H.Leblibici