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Academic research into marketing: many publications, but little impact?

Hughes, Tim, Stone, Merlin, Aravopoulou, Eleni, Wright, Len Tiu and Machtynger, Liz (2018) Academic research into marketing: many publications, but little impact? Cogent Business & Management, 5 (1). p. 1516108. ISSN 2331-1975

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Abstract

This article reviews some issues associated with the way in which academic research into marketing is evaluated by UK education authorities using their Research Excellence Framework (REF), in particular the impact component of the assessment. It discusses the extent to which research by marketing academics published in leading academic journals is relevant to the concerns of marketing management and how this relevance or lack of it may be reflected in the relative paucity of impact submissions in marketing. It considers the model of impact assessment used in the REF and how this differs from how marketing academics work in practice, giving three examples of significant impact that would not be acceptable under current rules. It concludes by suggesting that alternative models for impact should be investigated and suggests that using more practical models might result in better engagement of marketing academics with business, leading to greater relevance in teaching and employability of marketing graduates.

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Additional Information: Article published as open access at Cogent Business and Management. Full citation: Hughes, T., Stone, M., Aravopoulou, E., Tiu Wright, L., & Machtynger, L. (2018). Academic research into marketing: Many publications, but little impact?. Cogent Business & Management, 5(1), 1516108. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2018.1516108
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Item ID: 13911
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2018.1516108
ISSN: 2331-1975
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/13911
Official URL: https://research.stmarys.ac.uk/id/eprint/2236/

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Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2021 10:46
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2021 10:46

Contributors

Author: Tim Hughes
Author: Merlin Stone
Author: Eleni Aravopoulou
Author: Len Tiu Wright
Author: Liz Machtynger

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Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism > Sunderland Business School

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