This study aims to represent an early attempt to define the notion of continuity and empirically illustrate its explanatory potential and methodological challenges.,This study combines historical and qualitative research techniques to conduct a qualitative analysis of continuity in the Jablkowski Brothers Department Store, a Polish centennial company. The paper highlights the potential synergies between historical and qualitative methods when applied to the analysis of long periods of time.,The authors find that using a theoretical framework of continuity provides novel ontological and epistemological insights into the nature of long-lived companies. Based on the findings, the authors present continuity in the context of existing theories and argue that it is a unique concept that deserves more scientific attention and rigorous empirical study.,This study contributes to the existing literature in three ways. First, it provides a brief, interdisciplinary overview of the concept of continuity. Second, it provides an empirical illustration of continuity analysis in a Polish centennial company with extremely discontinuous history. Finally, it positions continuity within the wider context of existing theories and shows how, through continuity, history can contribute to both the practice and theory of management.

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寻求连续性

本研究旨在代表定义连续性概念的早期尝试，并以实证方式说明其解释潜力和方法论挑战。本研究结合历史和定性研究技术，对波兰百年纪念的 Jablkowski 兄弟百货公司的连续性进行定性分析公司。该论文强调了历史方法和定性方法在应用于长期分析时之间潜在的协同作用。作者发现，使用连续性理论框架提供了对长寿公司性质的新颖本体论和认识论见解。基于这些发现，作者在现有理论的背景下展示了连续性，并认为这是一个独特的概念，值得更多的科学关注和严格的实证研究。本研究在三个方面对现有文献做出了贡献。首先，它对连续性的概念进行了简要的跨学科概述。其次，它提供了对历史极其不连续的波兰百年公司的连续性分析的实证说明。最后，它将连续性置于现有理论的更广泛背景下，并展示了历史如何通过连续性对管理实践和理论做出贡献。