Towards a new business history?
Towards a new business history?
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DOI：
10.1080/00076791.2014.977869
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发表时间：
2015-01
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1.1
通讯作者：
Abe de Jong;D. Higgins;Hugo van Driel
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作者：
Abe de Jong;D. Higgins;Hugo van Driel
本文对企业史研究进行了探讨。我们主张，目前典型的方法在商业史-占主导地位的案例研究分析-保持其突出地位，但这种类型的研究的目的和相关性的科学方法的商业史是更加明确的。此外，本文还提出了在商业史中应用其他方法，这些方法专门用于发展理论和检验假设。这些方法在社会科学中已经确立，但需要适应商业历史的特殊需要。本文的目的是认为，在商业历史的科学解释的机会，加强了与知识创造的理论是面对经验证据和经验观察反馈到理论形成的圈子。
This article calls for a discussion about business history research. We advocate that the current typical approach in business history – dominantly case study analysis – maintains its prominent position, but the purpose and relevance of this type of research in the scientific method for business history is made more explicit. Moreover, the article proposes the application of additional approaches in business history, which specifically aim to develop theory and test hypotheses. These approaches are well established in the social sciences, but require adaptation to the particular needs of business history. The purpose of this article is to argue that opportunities for scientific explanations in business history are enhanced by engagement with the circle of knowledge creation where theory is confronted with empirical evidence and empirical observations feed back into theory formation.