The Student's Research Companion

Professor Omid Aschari is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and founding Managing Director of the globally respected flagship Master in Strategy and International Management (SIM-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen since its inception in 2003.Dr. Benjamin Berghaus (HSG) is a scientific entrepreneur at the intersection of research, education, and practice in his field. Since 2018, Benjamin has established himself to work a broad portfolio of self- and co-initiated projects geared towards fostering young people at the transition from the academic to the professional phase of their lives.

• 1 - Approach 1.1: Skills and the will to grow 1.2: Relevance follows audience 1.3: Rigour suggests approach 1.4: Deduce the research design 1.5: Purposeful scientific entrepreneur 1.6: Renewable research energy 1.7: Why even bother? 1.8: Preparation determines motivation 1.9: A peer called supervisor 1.10: Countless shades of supervision 2 - Begin 2.1: Conduct a project 2.2: Follow one trajectory 2.3: Try not to build roof-down 2.4: Build well-dimensioned bridges 2.5: Impression management 2.6: Maturing your mind 2.7: Comparing with others 2.8: A researcher's humility 2.9: Theory is there to help 2.10: Castle under siege 3 - Conduct 3.1: Growing into an expert 3.2: Help others understand you 3.3: Strange birds 3.4: Writing as modern architecture 3.5: A magnetic introduction 3.6: A contextualising theory chapter 3.7: An instructive methodology chapter 3.8: A resolving findings chapter 3.9: A progressive discussion 3.10: A consolidating conclusion 4 - Complete 4.1: Revise frequently 4.2: Core motivator, key critic 4.3: Frustration is a fuzzy teacher 4.4: Relaxation as a research methodology 4.5: Fear of writing 4.6: Mitigating mental overload 4.7: Write like a journey 4.8: Be kind to yourself 4.9: Necessity of ownership 4.10: Throwing off a weight 5 - Continue after 5.1: Take in your accomplishment 5.2: Feedback eats grades for breakfast 5.3: Your degree is a trusted symbol 5.4: Do good for yourself and others 5.5: Keep in touch 5.6: Career serendipity 5.7: Never consider yourself unfree 5.8: Fortify your academic skills 5.9: Grow forward 5.10: Share the fire