Only some initial triggers lock an organization into a self-reinforcing path.

Evidence

This phase commences with a critical juncture at the passage from Phase I to II. A decision made or an action taken in Phase I amounts to a trigger for the further development of the organization or an organizational subsystem. However, not all cases of competing solutions culminate in path dependence. It is therefore of critical importance to indicate such cases in which path dependence is likely to develop. — Jörg Sydow, Georg Schreyögg, and Jochen Koch, Organizational Path Dependence, 38

Categorization

• QUESTION: Which conditions distinguish lock-in cases from those that stay flexible is the open question the chapter itself flags as critical.