Analysis of the evolution of path dependence and path creation in technological leapfrogging — The effect of the dynamic capabilities based on technological learning

The good match of IT and business is an important prerequisite to ensure business strategy and the value of enterprise information investments. With the intensive application of IT and the rapidly changing of environment, the match of IT and business should be more concerned about its dynamic characteristics and evolution law. Based on the research analysis of IT and business matching, the strategic alignment model (SAM model) and the business-IT strategic alignment maturity model (LAM model), the paper introduces the dynamic capabilities to build an IT and business matching and evolutionary path model under the action of dynamic capabilities. In the model, nine paths and four steps are proposed to describe the matching and evolution of IT and business. The roles of dynamic capabilities are explained in describing the matching and evolution paths, such as perception, capital-and technology path dependence, learning, dynamic feedback, resource restructuring and reconfiguration, team, coordination and innovation etc. It has a strong reference to the deep research of IT and business alignment, matching and evolutionary path and the enterprise information technology applications.

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Path- and place-dependence of entrepreneurial ventures at times of war and conflict

International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1177/0266242617691802 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (8) ◽

pp. 903-927 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cherry Wun Mei Cheung ◽

Caleb Kwong

Keyword(s):

Local Knowledge ◽

Path Dependence ◽

Conflict Situation ◽

Remaining Life ◽

Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽

Interdependent Networks ◽

Path Creation ◽

Place Dependence ◽

War And Conflict ◽

Event Based

Studies have previously examined the path-development of entrepreneurs within a penurious environment, but what if their path encounters a conflict situation? Does conflict engender greater resource poverty and subsequently msqueeze out any remaining life from entrepreneurism? Utilising Isaksen’s characterisation of path-dependence, we examine how entrepreneurs negotiate their path through the ‘double whammy’ of penurious environment and conflict. Through an event-based approach examining the entrepreneurial paths of three wartime entrepreneurs, our study indicates that while the immediate aftermath is chaos leading to limited path-extension and even path-exhaustion, once initial challenges are addressed, entrepreneurial individuals find different ways to adapt, not only through path-extension but also through path-renewal and path-creation. These opportunities are place-dependent, the recognition of which requires considerable local knowledge and resources acquired through experience and prior local investment as well as interdependent networks.

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Path dependence and path creation

Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal ◽

10.1108/09513570910933979 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 272-297 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Marie‐Andrée Caron ◽

Marie‐France B. Turcotte

Keyword(s):

Path Dependence ◽

Path Creation

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Institutional Path Creation and Path Dependence in the Italian Temporary Work Agency Field

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2012325 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alessia Berni ◽

Mariavittoria Cicellin ◽

Stefano Consiglio ◽

Luigi Moschera

Keyword(s):

Path Dependence ◽

Temporary Work ◽

Path Creation

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Beyond the “Great Man” narrative: scandals, cumulative reforms and the trajectory of anti-corruption efforts in colonial Hong Kong before MacLehose years

Social Transformations in Chinese Societies ◽

10.1108/stics-12-2020-0031 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Ray Yep

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Path Dependence ◽

Local Population ◽

Content Type ◽

Path Creation ◽

History Of ◽

Colonial Governance ◽

Post War ◽

Set Up ◽

Colonial Government

Purpose This paper aims to uncover the trajectory of the anti-corruption effort of the Hong Kong colonial Government by identifying its general approach of denial in the pre-War years. It highlights the path-dependence nature, as well as the path-creation logic of the policy process of anti-corruption reform and the anxiety of the colonial administration in maintaining trust of the local population in the post-War years. These insights should enhance the general understanding of the nature of colonial governance. Design/methodology/approach This paper is primarily based on archival materials available at the British National Archives and Hong Kong Public Records Office. Findings The paper intends to go before the “Great Man narrative” in explaining the success of the anti-corruption effort in colonial Hong Kong. Whilst the colonial government was fully aware of the endemic of corruption and the substantial involvement of European officers, she was still cocooned with the misguided belief that the core of the administration was mostly “incorruptible”. The Air Raid Precaution Department scandal in 1941 was, however, a powerful wake-up that rendered the denial and self-illusion no longer defensible. The policy ideas of the 1940s did shape the Prevention of Corruption Ordinance 1948 and other related reforms, yet they were not immediately translated into fundamental changes in the institutional set-up of the anti-graft campaign. The limitations of these half-hearted measures were fully exposed in the coming decades. The cumulative effects of the piecemeal anti-graft efforts of the colonial government over the first century of rule, however, did path the way for the “revolutionary” changes in the 1970s under Murray MacLehose. Originality/value This is a highly original piece based on under-explored archival materials. The findings should have a major contribution to the scholarship on the nature of colonial governance and the history of anti-corruption efforts of Hong Kong.

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