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Path Dependence or Path Creation? [PDF]
abstractWe discuss the assumptions that underlie path dependence, as defined by Vergne and Durand, and then provide the outlines of an alternative perspective which we label as path creation. Path creation entertains a notion of agency that is distributed and emergent through relational processes that constitute phenomena. Viewed from this perspective,
Garud, Raghu +2 more
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Individual Heterogeneity and State Dependence: From George Biddell Airy to James Joseph Heckman
In this paper I examine the evolution of an idea: that differences between statistical relationships and the observations on which they are based, or disturbances, may have meaning and structure and that such meaning and structure must be taken into ...
Marc Nerlove
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Organellar Evolution: A Path from Benefit to Dependence
Eukaryotic organelles supposedly evolved from their bacterial ancestors because of their benefits to host cells. However, organelles are quite often retained, even when the beneficial metabolic pathway is lost, due to something other than the original ...
Miroslav Oborník
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Institutional structure of the Russian national innovative system: path dependence - effect
Objective: to analyze the effects of the post-perestroika period of the 1990s on the existing national innovation system ofRussia and to assess it the present stage of development.Methods: the study used traditional methods of analysis, synthesis ...
E. V. Kamko, S. G. Kirdina-Chandler
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Russian Bancassurance Perspectives: From Path Dependence to Ecosystem
The aim of the study is to identify the future of Russian bancassurance in the “digital” world based on the formation of a reasonable opinion on its prospects within the framework of path dependence and the ecosystem approach.
Yu. S. Evlakhova
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The Path Dependence of European Copyright
This article analyses the path dependence of European copyright. It shows how copyright is legally constructed, is harmonised through international treaties and European regulatory efforts in terms of InfoSoc Directive and the IPRED, and is also affected
Stefan Larsson
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Path – Dependence and European Fisheries Management
For a long time there has been an attempt to explain the current crisis in the fisheries sector in terms of a confrontation between those defending “fish” and those defending “fishermen”. However, the real problem concerns the governance of fisheries and
Federico Martín Palmero +1 more
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Gauge symmetry and background independence: Should the proton spin decomposition be path independent? [PDF]
Exploring the similarities between the Chen \emph{et al.} approach, where physical and gauge degrees of freedom of the gauge potential are explicitly separated, and the background field method, we provide an alternative point of view to the proton spin ...
Lorcé, Cédric
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Path dependence in Operational Research—How the modeling process can influence the results
In Operational Research practice there are almost always alternative paths that can be followed in the modeling and problem solving process. Path dependence refers to the impact of the path on the outcome of the process.
Raimo P. Hämäläinen +1 more
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Álcool combustível no Brasil e path dependence
Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a relação de path dependence no sistema econômico e institucional do álcool combustível no Brasil. O etanol, após fases de crescimento e desafios, tornou-se parte da matriz energética brasileira.
Pery Francisco Assis Shikida +1 more
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