Self-Reinforcing Processes in and among Organizations

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by  Jörg Sydow, Georg Schreyögg (eds.)

Self-Reinforcing Processes in and among Organizations
AlsobyGeorgSchreyöggandJörgSydow
THEHIDDENDYNAMICSOFPATHDEPENDENCE–INSTITUTIONS
ANDORGANIZATIONS(co-edited,2010)
Self-Reinforcing Processes
in and among Organizations
Editedby
Jörg Sydow and Georg Schreyögg
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Contents
ListofTables vii
ListofFigures viii
NotesonContributors ix
Introduction
1 Self-ReinforcingProcessesinOrganizations,Networks,and
Fields–AnIntroduction 3
JörgSydowandGeorgSchreyögg
Part I PathDependencebySelf-ReinforcingProcesses
2 Self-ReinforcingMechanismsinOrganizationalFields:The
DevelopmentofanInnovationPathintheCarIndustry 17
UliMeyer
3 HowOrganizationsBecomeEnduring:Disentanglingthe
OrganizationalIdentityParadox 35
StefanKirchner
4 ATaleofTwoCitiesinRegionalEntrepreneurialPolicymaking:
AComparativeStudyofSuzhouandWuxifroma
Path-DependencePerspective 55
YipengLiu,XuanweiCao,andYijunXing
Part II ExplainingandMonitoringSelf-Reinforcing
Processes
5 RegimesandReflexivity:ExploringSelf-Reinforcing
MechanismsFosteringandImpedingInnovationCapability 81
FrankSchirmer,MichaelTasto,andDanielKnödler
6 Self-ReinforcingMechanismsandOrganizationalDecision
Making:TheCaseofProjectPrioritizationinaFinancial
Institution 104
ArisaSholloandIoannaConstantiou
7 ServiceInnovationCapabilitiesDynamizationin
Knowledge-IntensiveOrganizations:EvidencefromResearch
andTechnologyOrganizations 125
LidiaGryszkiewicz,EleniGiannopoulou,andPierre-JeanBarlatier
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8 Anomie-DrivenDynamicsofDeviance 145
GabrieleFaßauer
9 Imprints,Self-ReinforcementandActiveReinforcement:The
CaseofCorporateValueStatements 162
AnnaBlombäck,OlofBrunninge,andAndersMelander
Part III ResearchPerspectivesandConclusion
10 LockinginandUnlocking–AddingtoPathDependence 185
MonaEricsonandRolfA.Lundin
11 LockedintheIronCage?WhenInstitutionalizationIs(not)a
Path-DependentProcess 204
OlivierBerthodandJörgSydow
12 SpecifyingtheRoleofEventsinPathDependence 230
HugovanDriel
13 Self-ReinforcingProcesses–AnAssessment 251
HuseyinLeblebici
Index 264
Tables
3.1 Responsesandformsofidentitywork 42
3.2 Path-dependentidentitychangeandidentityworkpatterns 48
4.1 Policydocumentsanalyzed(Suzhou) 62
4.2 Policydocumentsanalyzed(Wuxi) 63
4.3 TheprocessofpathdependenceandpathcreationinWuxi 70
4.4 TheprocessofpathdependenceandpathcreationinSuzhou 71
5.1 Caseoverview 87
6.1 TimelineforthedevelopmentplanatthePGlevel 109
11.1 Conceptualdiscrepancies 211
12.1 Summaryofthecasefindings 244
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Figures
3.1 Organizationalidentityfeedbackprocess 40
4.1 Aconceptualframeworkofinstitutionalchangebasedon
pathdependence 60
4.2 Historicaleventsequence:criticaljunctureandactionstaken
byinstitutionalentrepreneurs 66
5.1 Self-monitoringtoolsembeddedinregimes,theiractorsand
first-orderpractices 84
6.1 ITgovernancemodel 108
6.2 Datacollectionprocess 111
6.3 PrioritizedlistofITprojectsinaspreadsheet 116
6.4 Self-reinforcingmechanismsduringprojectprioritization 120
7.1 Conceptualframework 130
8.1 Macro-andmicro-levelsintheanomieconceptaccordingto
Merton,ownrepresentation 149
8.2 Typologyofreactiontypes,accordingtoMerton(1938) 149
9.1 PreliminarycorporatecorevaluesatPERRO 174
9.2 Atypologyofcorporatevaluestatementstrategies 178
10.1 Path-dependencereinforcementandpath-independence
mechanism 201
11.1 Theconceptoftheinstitutionalpathasaboundaryregion 217
11.2 Apath-dependentperspectiveontheprocessof
institutionalization 222
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Contributors
Pierre-JeanBarlatierreceivedadoctorateinmanagementsciencesfromthe
UniversityofNice-SophiaAntipolis,France,in2006.Heiscurrentlyasenior
researcheratCRPHenriTudorinLuxembourg.Beforethat,hewasaresearch
andteachingassistantattheUniversityofNice-SophiaAntipolisandaMarie
CurieFellowinCopenhagenBusinessSchool,Denmark.Hiscurrentresearch
interestsarestrategicmanagementofnetworksandcommunitiesofpractice,
organizationallearningandknowledgemanagement,aswellasinnovation
inservicesandnewservicedevelopment.
Olivier Berthod is a researcher at the Chair for Inter-firm Cooperation at
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where he earned a doctorate in man-
agement. From 2008 to 2011 he was a member of the research center on
“Organizational Path Dependence” at the School of Business & Economics
of the Freie Universität Berlin and awarded a doctoral research grant from
the German Research Foundation (DFG). From 2011 to 2012, he was Hon-
ors Fellow of the Dahlem Research School at Freie Universität Berlin. He
has held teaching appointments at Universität zu Köln, ESCP Europe, Freie
UniversitätBerlin,andtheDeutschesZentrumfürLuftundRaumfahrt.His
researchreportsontheinterplayoforganizationsandsociety,withaspecific
focusonpublicadministrations,conflicts,crises,andemergencies.
Anna Blombäck is an Assistant Professor at Jönköping International Busi-
ness School (JIBS) in Sweden, where she also obtained her PhD in Business
Administration. Her current research reflects her interest in the overlap of
corporate and organizational identity as well as corporate social respon-
sibility. She is an active member of the Center of Family Enterprise and
Ownership (CeFEO) and takes particular interest in exploring these issues
inafamily-businesscontext.Blombäck’spublicationrecordincludespubli-
cationsininternationaljournals.
Olof Brunninge is Associate Professor in Business Administration at
JönköpingInternationalBusinessSchool(JIBS),Sweden,andattheSwedish
School of Textiles in Borås. He earned his doctoral degree from JIBS with
a dissertation entitled “Organizational self-understanding and the strat-
egy process”. His main research and teaching interests are in the fields of
strategic management, organizational identity, family business, and social
memoryinorganizations.
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