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- Technical standards Technical standard
- Economic Economic development
- Organizational behavior
- Increasing returns
- Positive feedback
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Nodes115
Edges114
Triples194
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
Components1
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related to References · 113
Path dependence → Accelerating Inflation, American Political Science Review, An, Archived, Arrow, Arthur, Boas, Brian, Change, Cheltenham, Chicago Press, Choosing, Cite, CiteSeerX, Collier, Conceptualizing Continuity, Cosma, Critical Junctures, David, Decelerating Employment
related to Economic development · 13
Path dependence → Alfred Marshall, Buyers, Dvorak, Economic, Economists, He, In, Paul David, Paul Krugman, QWERTY, That QWERTY, There, This
related to Institutions · 13
Path dependence → As, David Collier, England, In, Industrial Revolution, Martin Luther King Jr, One, Path, Recent, Ruth, The, There, These
related to Railway track gauges · 10
Path dependence → British, Europe, George Stephenson, Great Britain, His, Liverpool, Manchester Railway, More, North America, The
related to Other examples · 9
Path dependence → Also, Evolution, For, In, Microsoft Word, Placing, Such, This, Thus
related to Types of path dependence · 8
Path dependence → Durand, Liebowitz, Margolis, Only, Technically, They, This, Vergne
related to Videocassette recording systems · 7
Path dependence → Betamax, Sony, The, Three, VCR, VHS, VHS-production
related to Economics · 4
Path dependence → Path, The, There, Therefore
related to QWERTY keyboard · 4
Path dependence → Dvorak, However, QWERTY, The QWERTY
is a · 3
Path dependence → concept of imprinting which captures how initial environmental conditions leave a persistent mark, phenomenon of past events or decisions constraining or defining later events or decisions, typological vestige.In typography
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Important terminology
path dependence economic development theory social qwerty gauge example used political increasing returns past events institutions period process history railway
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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Path dependence | is a | phenomenon of past events or decisions constraining or defining later events or decisions | 0.90 | text |
| Path dependence | is a | concept of imprinting which captures how initial environmental conditions leave a persistent mark | 0.90 | text |
| Path dependence | is a | typological vestige.In typography | 0.90 | text |
| increasing returns | instance of | through mechanisms | 0.80 | text |
| positive feedback effects | instance of | through mechanisms | 0.80 | text |
| or other mechanisms | instance of | through mechanisms | 0.80 | text |
| Kathleen Thelen caution that the historical determinism in path-dependent frameworks is subject to constant disruption from institutional evolution.Kathleen Thelen has criticized the application of QWERTY keyboard-style mechanisms to politics | instance of | Scholars | 0.80 | text |
| Path dependence | related to Conditions which give rise to path dependence | Path | 0.60 | section |
| Path dependence | related to Conditions which give rise to path dependence | Durability | 0.60 | section |
| Path dependence | related to Economic development | In | 0.60 | section |
| Path dependence | related to Economic development | Paul David | 0.60 | section |
| Path dependence | related to Economic development | QWERTY | 0.60 | section |
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