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Article

Path Creation, Path Dependence and Breaking Away from the Path: Re-Examining the Case of Nokia

by
Jens Wang
1,
Jonas Hedman
1 and
Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen
2
1
Copenhagen Business School, Department of IT Management, Copenhagen, Denmark
2
Aalto University, School of Business, Helsinki, Finland
J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res. 2016, 11(2), 16-27; https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762016000200003
Submission received: 5 November 2014 / Revised: 9 September 2015 / Accepted: 6 November 2015 / Published: 1 May 2016
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Abstract

The explanation of how and why firms succeed or fail is a recurrent research challenge. This is particularly important in the context of technological innovations. We focus on the role of historical events and decisions in explaining such success and failure. Using a case study of Nokia, we develop and extend a multi-layer path dependence framework. We identify four layers of path dependence: technical, strategic and leadership, organizational, and external collaboration. We show how path dependence at these four interdependent layers can blindfold the organization from seeing and understanding the importance of intermediate outcomes, which in the case of Nokia was the importance of software ecosystems and adaptable mobile devices. Furthermore, we show how the layers of path dependence mutually reinforce each other and become stronger.
Keywords: Path creation; Path dependence; Mobile industry; Nokia; Evolutionary theories Path creation; Path dependence; Mobile industry; Nokia; Evolutionary theories

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Wang, J.; Hedman, J.; Tuunainen, V.K. Path Creation, Path Dependence and Breaking Away from the Path: Re-Examining the Case of Nokia. J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res. 2016, 11, 16-27. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762016000200003

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Wang J, Hedman J, Tuunainen VK. Path Creation, Path Dependence and Breaking Away from the Path: Re-Examining the Case of Nokia. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research. 2016; 11(2):16-27. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762016000200003

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Wang, Jens, Jonas Hedman, and Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen. 2016. "Path Creation, Path Dependence and Breaking Away from the Path: Re-Examining the Case of Nokia" Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 11, no. 2: 16-27. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762016000200003

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Wang, J., Hedman, J., & Tuunainen, V. K. (2016). Path Creation, Path Dependence and Breaking Away from the Path: Re-Examining the Case of Nokia. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, 11(2), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-18762016000200003

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