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Doing Research That Matters : Can a Management Researcher win the Nobel Prize?.

Doing research that matters looks at an old issue from a new perspective, taking a fresh and cross-disciplinary approach to learning how we can contribute with our work to shaping the future of management.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Busi, Marco
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Doing Research that Matters: Shaping the Future of Management; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Prologue
  • My Declaration of Intent; Personal Introduction To The Futureers; Chapter 1. Shaping the Future of Management by Reinventing Management Research; Does the Management Field Really Need More Insight?; What Do You Want to Be: A Storyteller or a True Innovator?; The System of Management Research: A Hard to Change Equilibrium; Focus on Building a Meaningful Journey and You Will Inevitably End Up at a Meaningful Destination.
  • Chapter 2. Destination Paradise: Understanding What to Aim ForExploring What Makes Us Proud; Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?; The Insight Generator Element; The Insight Incubator Element; The Insight Distributor Element; Chapter 3. The Thrill of Discovery; Once Upon a Time: How Does It All Begin?; Curiosity; Serendipity; An Unfair Disadvantage, or Seeing Opportunities Where Others See Problems?; Inspiration and Encouragement from Others; What Does It Take to Have Impact?; What Drives People to Continue Their Research Journey?
  • Answering Important and Difficult Questions about Which Little Is KnownChanging and/or Influencing People's Behavior; Adding to the Body of Knowledge; Foster New Discovery; Generating Further Research and Thinking; Impact: Embracing Our Role and Responsibility; Chapter 4. The BIG (or small) Q: Finding Romantic Problems Worth Studying; Romantic Problems Worth Investigating; Hints to Finding Romantic Problems; 1
  • Follow Your Passion; 2
  • Don't Resist the Unfamiliar; 3
  • Read Everything There Is to Read; 4
  • Look into Your Head and 5
  • Out into the Field; 4
  • In Our Heads; 5
  • Out in the Field.
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  • Look Where Others Don't Look, and See What Others Don't See7
  • Search at the Intersections; 8
  • Develop the 'Right' Mindset; 9
  • Foster the 'Right' Mindset; What's New?; Chapter 5. Enjoy the Ride; Research Designed to Impress; Research Designed to Matter; 1
  • Take a More Pragmatic, Less Rigid Approach to Investigating a Problem; 2
  • Follow a Never-Ending Iterative Research Process, Putting Yourself in the Shoes of 'The Customer'; 3
  • Be Creative; When Things Don't Go as Expected; Is There a 'Best' Research Methodology?; Are You Prepared for What Might Come?
  • Chapter 6. Travelling Solo, or in Groups?Collaboration in Relation to Research That Matters; Investing in Collaboration; ''Collaboration with the Future Generations'' Perspective; ''Collaboration between Geographies'' Perspective; ''Collaboration between Genders'' Perspective; ''Collaboration Inter-Disciplines'' Perspective; One, Few, or Many?; Making Collaboration Work: Be Choosy about Who You're Going to Work With; Shared Values; Compatibility of Personalities; Complementarity of Competences; Think about How Your System Affects You; How Not to Collaborate?