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Erschienen in: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 1/2017

12.09.2016 | Editorial

Interesting and impactful research: on phenomena, theory, and writing

verfasst von: Gerard J. Tellis

Erschienen in: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science | Ausgabe 1/2017

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Most researchers assume that research is a quest for truth. So, the discovery of truth would automatically be impactful. However, research is impactful not if it is true, but if it refutes the assumption (belief) of its audience (Davis 1971). Refuting the assumption of the audience is also what makes it interesting. The truthfulness of a proposition is of limited duration. Every proposition or theory will ultimately be proved wrong as new research emerges and knowledge accumulates. What matters is merely whether the research runs counter to what is currently assumed as true. That’s interesting. That’s impactful. Let’s consider some examples. …

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Fußnoten
1
Replications of Golder and Tellis have been very sparse.
 
2
Roughly, 1) Planets move in ellipses around the sun.; 2) Planets sweep out equal areas in equal times; 3) The square of the planet’s year divided by the cube of its mean distance from the sun is a constant.
 
3
Developments since then have incorporated more premises to account for related phenomena.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Interesting and impactful research: on phenomena, theory, and writing
verfasst von
Gerard J. Tellis
Publikationsdatum
12.09.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science / Ausgabe 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0092-0703
Elektronische ISSN: 1552-7824
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-016-0499-0

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