path dependence

noun

Definitions

  1. A situation in which the outcome varies with the route taken.

  2. The theory that a technological option selected by the market need not be the…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for path dependence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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