Home›Categories›Open QuestionsCategoriesOpen QuestionsCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextBusiness Atlas. "Open Questions." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-business.interactiveatlas.org/categories/open-questions-index.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextBusiness Atlas. (n.d.). Open Questions. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-business.interactiveatlas.org/categories/open-questions-indexCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{businessatlas-open-questions, author = {Business Atlas}, title = {Open Questions}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-business.interactiveatlas.org/categories/open-questions-index}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingCross-Tradition ConnectionsComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsContainsDoes direct-to-consumer have a defensible single origin year, or only a long practice history with a distinct modern resurgence?, Open Questions Well-attested In what era did licensing emerge as a distinct commercial business model, rather than only a legal instrument?, Open Questions Well-attested In what specific year, and by which publisher, did the subscription business model for periodicals first take hold?, Open Questions Well-attested In what year did Douglas McGregor first publish Theory X and Theory Y?, Open Questions Well-attested In what year, and in what industry, did business process outsourcing first take the form recognized today, rather than only general contracting-out of a business function?, Open Questions Well-attested In what year, or decade, did dropshipping emerge as a named retail practice distinct from ordinary mail-order drop-shipping arrangements?, Open Questions Well-attested In what year, or in what industry first, did white-label manufacturing emerge as a named practice distinct from ordinary private contract manufacturing?, Open Questions Well-attested Is there a documented year or event that marks the origin of horizontal integration as a named business strategy?, Open Questions Well-attested What is the earliest documented specific instance of the subscription business model, beyond the century Wikipedia gives for its origin?, Open Questions Well-attested What is the earliest documented use of loss-leader pricing as a deliberate retail strategy, as distinct from the later, well-dated instances the source article actually names?, Open Questions Well-attested What year, and by whom, did the razor-and-blades pricing model actually emerge?, Open Questions Well-attested What year, and by whom, is total quality management's coinage and rise to prominence best dated?, Open Questions Well-attested Whether Entrepreneurship Is Best Explained by Trait or Process, Open Questions Well-attested Who actually originated SWOT analysis, and is the popular attribution to Albert S. Humphrey alone accurate?, Open Questions Well-attested Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year