Approach to an epistemological framework for business history

Abstract

History is a human science that allows us to understand the foundations that trigger a present, as well as the establishment of the foundations for the construction of a future. In the case of business history, studies of this branch of history date back to the twenties of the twentieth century in the United States. As is tradition in the sciences, in the case of history, and, therefore, business history, different currents of thought have been developed that allow us to explain business phenomena; Thus, this article aims to interpret the epistemological paradigms that can guide scientific work in this field. In the bibliographic review of this article, scientific articles published in indexed and recognized journals, doctoral theses and books were used. Among the epistemological paradigms or currents of thought proposed in history are: the Marxist historical current, positivism, pragmatism, Chandlerian, Schumpeterian, cliometrics, the current of the annals, hermeneutics, social constructivism, post-structuralism, organizational ecology, phenomenology. Rhetoric is not included.