Path dependence research has neglected how organizations internally lock in.

Evidence

However, up to now, studies of path dependence (in this specified sense) neither addressed the persistence of organizations nor explored the logic and dynamics of internal organizational processes leading to a lock-in. Here we therefore aim to elaborate a theory of organizational path dependence and lock-in. Building on the evidence and insights from research on technological paths, we develop a theoretical framework to gain a better understanding of how organizational path dependence comes into existence. — Jörg Sydow, Georg Schreyögg, and Jochen Koch, Organizational Path Dependence, 15

Categorization

• QUESTION: Is the gap real? Worth checking whether later work (e.g., Sydow, Schreyögg & Koch 2009) actually filled it or only restated it.
• SEED: Article angle: why do organizations, unlike technologies, resist formal lock-in modelling — the unit of analysis problem.