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.

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