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The credibility issue: closing the academic/practitioner gap (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, T., O'Regan, N., & Wornham, D. (2008). The credibility issue: closing the academic/practitioner gap. Strategic Change, 17(7-8), 215-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.828

The literature is highly critical of the business–academia relationship and there is a lack of congruence between strategic management research conducted by academics and that used by practitioners. There is also a lack of models of collaborative res... Read More about The credibility issue: closing the academic/practitioner gap.

Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, T. (2008). Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 26(5), 435-440. https://doi.org/10.1108/02634500810894299

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to put forward some ideas on how Marketing Intelligence & Planning (MIP) might further pursue its crossover mission in the future. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a viewpoint contribution based on the aut... Read More about Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning.

Why "soft science" is the key to regaining leadership in marketing knowledge (2008)
Journal Article
Tapp, A., & Hughes, T. (2008). Why "soft science" is the key to regaining leadership in marketing knowledge. European Journal of Marketing, 42(3-4), 265-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560810852913

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to highlight what the authors regard as serious problems with the continuing dominance of a "hard science" view of what constitutes "top quality" research, and to present evidence that a "softer" approach will y... Read More about Why "soft science" is the key to regaining leadership in marketing knowledge.

Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, T., Tapp, A., & Hughes, R. (2008). Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing. Journal of Marketing Management, 24(1-2), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1362/026725708X274019

Marketing management research and teaching has been criticised for some time as being divorced from practice. However, there has been little research into the nature of knowledge exchange between academics and practitioners in the marketing field. In... Read More about Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing.