Business of Research: Issues of Policy & Practice
Jones Finer C., Lewando Hundt G. (2001) The Business of Research: Issues of Policy & Practice, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
(ISBN: 0-631-22824-1) pp. 160
The practice of research has long become more a business activity than scholarly pursuit. It takes particular know-how, not merely to secure financial backing and thence deliver to order, but to manage and keep control of an entire intervening research operation. Yet these academics are not normally trained in or formally prepared for.
This collection breaks new ground in its offering of frank commentary on aspects of the research process – based on first-hand experience and observation by experienced academics together with a senior representative of one key funding agency.
The collection is also notable for the sheer variety of research projects covered. Most contributors are reporting with reference to a particular ‘case-study’ experience. But these range from the most localised to the most multi-national; from the most specialised to the most multi-disciplinary undertakings.
