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Researchers from University of Arizona and University of Utah published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines why most scholarly research is misinterpreted by the public or never escapes the ivory tower and suggests that such research gets lost in abstract, technical, and passive prose.
The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled “Marketing Ideas: How to Write Research Articles that Readers Understand and Cite” and is authored by Nooshin L. Warren, Matthew Farmer, Tiany Gu, and Caleb Warren.
From developing vaccines to nudging people to eat less, scholars conduct research that could change the world, but most of their ideas either are misinterpreted by the public or never escape the ivory tower.
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Aside from noticing whether or not your favorite cereal is within arm’s reach, you may not stop to think too much about retail architecture and design. But think about this: Despite most items being stocked on shelving that rarely exceeds 6 feet in height, many supermarkets and other retail locations have ceilings that shoot up for dozens of feet beyond that.
In a warehouse-type environment, like Sam’s Club or Costco, it makes sense: Inventory can be stocked to the rafters. But why do comparatively smaller footprints need so much open space above our heads?
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