The MOF Perspective on Business Modelling
Berend T. Alberts, L. O. Meertens, Maria-eugenia Iacob, Bart Nieuwenhuis
2012
Abstract
The business model field of research is a young and emerging discipline that finds itself confronted with the need for a common language, lack of conceptual consolidation, and without adequate theoretical development. This not only slows down research, but also undermines business model’s usefulness for research and practice. We offer a new perspective on business modelling to address these issues. It looks at business modelling from the perspective of the Meta-Object Facility, emphasising the role of models and meta-models. From this new perspective, a commonality analysis can identify the important classes in business modelling. This new perspective on business modelling helps to create a common language, achieve conceptual consolidation and supports theory development; it addresses issues that hinder business model research.
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Paper Citation
in Harvard Style
Alberts B., Meertens L., Iacob M. and Nieuwenhuis B. (2012). The MOF Perspective on Business Modelling . In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design - Volume 1: BMSD, ISBN 978-989-8565-26-6, pages 43-52. DOI: 10.5220/0004461000430052
in Bibtex Style
@conference{bmsd12,
author={Berend T. Alberts and L. O. Meertens and Maria-eugenia Iacob and Bart Nieuwenhuis},
title={The MOF Perspective on Business Modelling},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design - Volume 1: BMSD,},
year={2012},
pages={43-52},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004461000430052},
isbn={978-989-8565-26-6},
}
in EndNote Style
TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design - Volume 1: BMSD,
TI - The MOF Perspective on Business Modelling
SN - 978-989-8565-26-6
AU - Alberts B.
AU - Meertens L.
AU - Iacob M.
AU - Nieuwenhuis B.
PY - 2012
SP - 43
EP - 52
DO - 10.5220/0004461000430052