Abstract This paper employs the theory of resilient complex adaptive systems (RCAS) to offer a versatile and universal foundation for the concept of a business model that facilitates connections between prior works while enabling future exploration with a common language. The proposed business model construct is developed by first exploring the field of systems to highlight how the concept of an RCAS can be employed to provide a more robust conceptualization of a business model than previous constructs. A thematic analysis of the literature is then conducted to translate the fundamental requirements of an RCAS into the business model context. This system view is inherently abstraction tolerant and provides a foundation for both academic research and practical applications. Specifically, it addresses two key gaps in the business model literature. First, the comprehensive nature of the system model naturally calls out important aspects of business models that have been largely ignored in the literature. Second, the construct provides a comprehensive means to connect the work of business model scholars and practitioners outlined in more than 150 studied articles, highlighting how each earlier research effort has employed a construct that is actually part of a grander whole.

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面向业务模型的弹性复杂自适应系统视图

摘要 本文采用弹性复杂自适应系统 (RCAS) 理论为商业模型的概念提供了通用和通用的基础，该概念促进了先前工作之间的联系，同时使未来能够使用通用语言进行探索。提议的业务模型构造是通过首先探索系统领域来开发的，以强调如何使用 RCAS 的概念来提供比以前构造更强大的业务模型概念化。然后对文献进行专题分析，将 RCAS 的基本要求转化为商业模式背景。这种系统视图本质上是抽象容忍的，并为学术研究和实际应用提供了基础。具体来说，它解决了商业模式文献中的两个关键空白。首先，系统模型的综合性自然会唤起商业模型的重要方面，而这些方面在文献中被很大程度上忽略了。其次，该构念提供了一种综合手段，将 150 多篇研究文章中概述的商业模式学者和从业者的工作联系起来，突出了早期的每项研究工作如何采用实际上是更大整体的一部分的构念。