HISTORY MATTERS FOR ORGANIZATIONS: AN INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING INFLUENCES FROM THE PAST

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Marquis, Christopher; Qiao, Kunyuan
• 署名单位: University of Cambridge; Northeastern University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2022.0238
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 272-298
• 关键词: Path dependence; FOUNDING INSTITUTIONS; VENTURE PERFORMANCE; natural disasters; collective memory; life-cycles; IRON CAGE; culture; FIRMS; INNOVATION

摘要

We develop a comprehensive framework of how history matters for organizations. We first decompose the past into two distinct stages: (a) junctures and (b) processual periods. Junctures are relatively short periods when organizations develop structures, routines, and cultures that then have a lasting influence. Processual periods are longer and more stable times when past influence may become strengthened, preserved, or weakened. Combining one juncture and one processual period, we develop a typology of six ideal types of historical influence encompassing cohort effect, imprinting, path dependence, inertial decay, path stability, and dissipation. Our integrative framework helps (a) advance existing and extend new theories of the past, (b) enable empirical research on historical processes to drawmore convincing conclusions fromdata, and (c) better inform the practice of managing influences from the past. Our study sets the stage for more cumulative knowledge of how history enduringlymatters for organizations.