Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how change processes are dependent on historical events, geographical conditions, strong stakeholders and social norms developed over long‐time periods. The paper poses the question: what is the role of path dependencies in mergers between...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to disentangle and elaborate on the constitutive elements of the concept of path dependence (initial conditions and lock‐in) for a concerted and in‐depth application to the study of organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – The approach...

Purpose – The aim of this study is twofold: first to diagnose service quality perceptions of airline passengers and then links these perceptions to their satisfaction and repurchase intentions, specifically in a new emerging market in the Mediterranean region, North Cyprus. Airline...

Time-dependent shortest path problems arise in a variety of applications; e.g., dynamic traffic assignment (DTA), network control, automobile driver guidance, ship routing and airplane dispatching. In the majority of cases one seeks the cheapest (least generalized cost) or quickest route between...

Purpose – The main purposes of this paper are as follows. Exploring whether there is significant difference in the model of core competence between H‐T firms and T‐Ms in Taiwan. Investigating whether there is significant difference in the explanatory power of dimensions of core competence...

Purpose – Unless the key measures are identified and managed, the entire concept of measurement would end up making one step forward and two steps sideways. The key is to identify those measures that add value to the measurement approach per se. The present work is yet another contribution to...

Purpose – This paper, applies the concept of path creation to a historical case. Path creation arose in part as a response to perceived weaknesses regarding the limited role of firm agency in the path dependency literature. Design/methodology/approach – This essay uses the path creation...

Purpose – This article aims to find a chain of causal relations affecting the operating effectiveness of the implemented enterprise resource planning (ERP) system instead of focusing on either the evaluation of software/vendors/consultants or critical successful factors (CSF) identification...

This paper studies relative time savings between vehicles unequipped and equipped with route guidance and navigation systems. In particular, the report investigates to what extent relative travel time savings decrease as the percentage of equipped vehicles increases. In addition, some other...