Towards a reference ontology for business models

  • Authors:

  • Birger Andersson;Maria Bergholtz;Ananda Edirisuriya;Tharaka Ilayperuma;Paul Johannesson;Jaap Gordijn;Bertrand Grégoire;Michael Schmitt;Eric Dubois;Sven Abels;Axel Hahn;Benkt Wangler;Hans Weigand

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam;Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg;Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg;Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg;Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Business Information Systems, Germany;Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Business Information Systems, Germany;School of Humanities and Informatics, University of Skövde, Sweden;Tilburg University, Tilburg, LE, Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • ER'06 Proceedings of the 25th international conference on Conceptual Modeling
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Ontologies are viewed as increasingly important tools for structuring domains of interests. In this paper we propose a reference ontology of business models using concepts from three established business model ontologies; the REA, BMO, and e3-value. The basic concepts in the reference ontology concern actors, resources, and the transfer of resources between actors. Most of the concepts in the reference ontology are taken from one of the original ontologies, but we have also introduced a number of additional concepts, primarily related to resource transfers between business actors. The purpose of the proposed ontology is to increase the understanding of the original ontologies as well as the relationships between them, and also to seek opportunities to complement and improve on them.