Editing Path dependence (section)

=== Organizations ===
[[Paul Pierson]]'s influential attempt{{specify|date=March 2017}} to [[Validity (logic)|rigorously formalize]] path dependence within political science, draws partly on ideas from economics. Herman Schwartz has questioned those efforts, arguing that forces analogous to those identified in the economic literature are not pervasive in the political realm, where the strategic exercise of power gives rise to, and transforms, institutions.

Especially [[sociology]] and [[organizational theory]], a distinct yet closely related concept to path dependence is the concept of [[Imprinting (organizational theory)|imprinting]] which captures how initial environmental conditions leave a persistent mark (or imprint) on organizations and organizational collectives (such as industries and communities), thus continuing to shape organizational behaviours and outcomes in the long run, even as external environmental conditions change.<ref name="Marquis">
{{cite journal |last1=Marquis |first1=Christopher |last2=Tilcsik |first2=András |title=Imprinting: Toward A Multilevel Theory |pages=193–243 |journal=[[Academy of Management Annals]] |year=2013 |ssrn=2198954}}</ref>