Scientific foundation aspects of business models theory

• Authors: Sierotowicz Tomasz , Sierotowicz Tadeusz

Title variants

PL

Podstawy naukowe teorii modeli biznesowych – wybrane aspekty

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During the last two decades, the literature in management studies has shown a signifi cant increase in interest in the theory of business models, and there has been wide-ranging discussion about the definitions of those models. These studies and discussions have provoked questions about the scientifi c nature of business models. The question is analysed here by using the methodology of the Scientific Research Tradition (ScRT) proposed by Larry Laudan. The result confirmed that the theory of business models that is created and defined based on management sciences falls under the scope of ScRT.

PL

W ostatnich dwóch dekadach odnotowano w literaturze dotyczącej zarządzania znaczący wzrost zainteresowania teorią modeli biznesowych, jak również szeroko zakrojonej dyskusji na temat definicji modelu biznesowego. Te badania i dyskusje budziły wątpliwości dotyczące naukowego charakteru modeli biznesowych. Kwestia naukowych podstaw modeli biznesowych została w tym artykule poddana analizie i ocenie, z wykorzystaniem Metodologii Tradycji Badań Naukowych (MTBN) zaproponowanej przez Larrego Laudana. Uzyskany tą drogą rezultat potwierdził, że teoria modeli biznesowych, która jest tworzona w oparciu o fundamenty naukowe zarządzania mieści się w zakresie MTBN.

Keywords

EN

business model; scientific foundation of economics and management theories; philosophy of economics

PL

model biznesowy; naukowe podstawy teorii ekonomii i zarządzania; filozofia ekonomii

• Publisher: Science Studies Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 3(213)
• Pages: 309-322

Dates

published

2017-09

Contributors

author

Sierotowicz Tomasz

• Department of Economics and Innovation, Jagiellonian University

author

Sierotowicz Tadeusz

• Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Cracow

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