Path dependence and institutional reform : a case study on the reform of Italian telecommunications institutions 1979-2007
The theory of path dependence provides important claims to explain institutional development, relating to the roles of self-reinforcing process called 'increasing returns' since the theory is based on insights from economics. Countries remain locked-in onto a given trajectory. Reversals ar...
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645780 |