path dependence

== English == === Alternative forms === path dependency === Noun === 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 ==== lock-in ==== Translations ==== === See also === path dependence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia