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Marketing Intelligence & Planning
ISSN: 0263-4503
Incorporates: Journal of Marketing Practice: Applied Marketing Science
Online from: 1983
Subject Area: Marketing
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Physics envy
| Title: | Physics envy |
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| Author(s): | Alan Tapp, (Department of Marketing, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK) |
| Citation: | Alan Tapp, (2007) "Physics envy", Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol. 25 Iss: 3, pp.229 - 231 |
| Keywords: | Marketing, Physics, Research |
| Article type: | Viewpoint |
| DOI: | 10.1108/02634500710747743 (Permanent URL) |
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Abstract: | Purpose – This paper seeks to identify and discuss a phenomenon with a hidden but severe impact on the conduct of research and teaching in marketing. Design/methodology/approach – Solicited as a viewpoint contribution, with permission to think aloud. Findings – Physics, as the archetypal “proper” science, has exerted an undue and malign influence within universities on perceptions of scholarliness in “soft” sciences such as marketing, and hence on the applicability of its research and teaching. But the anti-science commentators may protest too much; the key question is Practical implications – There are obvious implications for the structure of research and teaching in university departments and sub-departments of marketing, in the UK and elsewhere. Originality/value – A polemic, but one with a balanced conclusion. |
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