path dependence

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

path dependency

Noun[edit]

path dependence (usually uncountable, plural path dependences)

(countable) A situation in which the outcome varies with the route taken.
(uncountable, economics) The theory that a technological option selected by the market need not be the technologically best one, because of the traction obtained by an early-introduced, technologically inferior alternative option.

Related terms[edit]

lock-in

Translations[edit]

a situation

Swedish: stigberoende n, spårbundenhet c

See also[edit]

path dependence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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