path dependence

English

Alternative forms

• path dependency

Noun

path dependence (usually uncountable, plural path dependences)

1. (countable) A situation in which the outcome varies with the route taken.
2. (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

• lock-in

Translations

a situation

• Swedish: stigberoende n, spårbundenhet c

See also

• path dependence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia