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The primary goal of this paper has been an attempt to present breakthrough periods in the functioning of an enterprise, conditioned by ground-breaking technologies. In this study, two approaches to analyzing the notion of technology have been indicated in an original way, and five prisms have been distinguished through which it can be constructed. In addition, key inventions in the history of humanity have been identified together with their effect on the enterprise. Importantly, three main periods of the breakthrough have been indicated in the functioning of an enterprise. The research method used to solve the scientific problem is structural analysis and causal analysis. The first has enabled the identification of ground-breaking technologies, and the second one has identified changes taking place in the functioning of enterprises.
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In the subject literature one can observe replacement application of the terms technique and technology, with the prevailing use of the latter one. This disproportion results, among others, from incorrect translation from English as well as suggesting the scientific nature or at least the theoretical dimension of the particle -logy in the word âtechnologyâ which is typical of names of various scientific disciplines. It also seems that this kind of neosemantism is very difficult to overcome and with time these terms will become increasingly equivalent. That is why, taking account of the above, both the notions are treated interchangeably in this paper.
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BieliĆska-Dusza, E. (2020). Analysis of Ground-Breaking Technologies and Their Effect on the Functioning of Enterprises. In: Zakrzewska-Bielawska, A., Staniec, I. (eds) Contemporary Challenges in Cooperation and Coopetition in the Age of Industry 4.0. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30549-9_4
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