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1.InternationalBusinessandRelatedFieldsofStudy
1.1.EvolutionofInternationalBusinessasafieldofstudy
intheageofeconomicglobalisation
1.1.1.Introduction
Fromtheearliestagesofrecordedhistoryhumanshaveengagedineconomic
activitiesandthoseactivitieshaveoftenbeensubjecttoscientificscrutiny,
particularlyinmoderntimes.Thescientificknowledgeoneconomicprocesses,
generatedfromobservationandstudies,hasbecomemoreandmorecomplex
andspecialised,whichisaclearmanifestationoftherichanddiversifiedforms
ofmodernbusinessinvolvementandtherapidchangesintheglobaleconomy,
especiallyinthesphereofinformationtechnology.
Basedontheaboveconclusions,itmayseemnecessaryandhighlydesirableto
producealogicalandcomprehensiveclassificationofthescientificknowledgeon
thevariouselementsofbusinessoperationtobetterorganisethescopeofresearch
anddidacticendeavourandtoimprovetheevaluationofscientificachievementsin
thisparticularfieldofstudies[Gorynia2016,p.125].Inapopularclassification,
sciencecanbedividedintothreelevels,namely:sciencedomain,sciencediscipline,
andscientificspecialisation[Pabis,Jaros2009,p.22].
Humaneconomicactivitiesarethesubjectofinterestineconomicsciences
which,accordingtotheclassificationadoptedinPoland,representthedomainof
science.Assuch,theycompriseoffourscientificdisciplines:economics,finance,
managementsciences,andcommodityscience.1Theabovedisciplines,analysed
fromtheviewpointoftheirobjectives,researchspecificitiesandmethodologies,
andtheoreticalframework,areincreasinglymorecomplementaryandcoplanar,
ratherthanbeingwidelyseparateandautonomous.
Internationaleconomicsandinternationalbusiness
Bearinginmindthattheauthorofthischapterendeavourstopresentthe
evolutionofinternationalbusinessasafieldofresearch,itmaybeusefulat
thispointtodiscusssomeofthemostimportantinsightsontheplacement
ofinternationalbusiness(IB)withinthedomainofeconomicsciences.For
thispurpose,letusadopttheassumptionthatinternationaleconomicsis
perceivedasasegmentofeconomicswithafocusontheinternationalaspects
ofbusinessoperation,whileinternationalbusiness(IB)representsasegment
ofmanagementscienceswithfocusontheinternationalaspectsofbusiness
operation[Gorynia2012,p.49].Thedomainofinternationaleconomicsis
definedatmacroeconomiclevel,whileinternationalbusinessresearch(both
1TheMinistryofScienceandHigherEducation,regulationofAugust8,2011,onknowledge
areas,domains,anddisciplinesinscienceandarts[RozporządzenieMNiSWz8sierpnia2011].