How can the argument that organizations evolve according to environmental pressures be reconciled with evidence of strategic management? Rodolphe Durand addresses this theoretical puzzle & engages readers in a balanced understanding of organizational evolution

This paper extends the dynamic capability view and research on organizational path dependence by arguing that path dependence can be a property of capabilities when a contingently-triggered capability path is subject to self-reinforcement (i.e. a set of positive and negative mechanisms that...