How to Design and Develop a Business Research Project

Bart Cambré, Professor of Business Research Methods, Antwerp Management School and University of Antwerp, Belgium, Karen Elliott, Professor/Chair of Practice in Finance and Fintech, University of Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK and Janick Fierens, Adjunct Professor Consulting Methods, Antwerp Management School, Belgium and Independent Consultant, Dagger Consulting, Belgium

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to How to Design and Develop a Business Research Project 2. Turtle template 3. The Head of the Turtle: research orientation and strategy 4. Body of knowledge 5. Leg 1: 5C framework 6. Leg 2: conceptual model 7. Leg 3: operationalization 8. Leg 4: research designs and methods 9. Tail: ethics and challenges 10. Data collection 11. Data analysis 12. Reporting and academic writing 13. Looking back to move forward Index

‘In an era of rapid change and profound disruption, learning how to learn, learning how to ask the right questions, and then how to methodically answer them, is the single most valuable skill and one that has been overlooked for too long. This book is an invaluable manual for those wanting to stay with a complex question until it’s solved (rather than just living with it) and a great piece of advocacy for why remaining curious and teachable is good for business.’