Ivan Behaghel

Consultant in innovation, Novalice

There is no such thing as a standard doctoral profile. There is a common foundation of skills - state-of-the-art knowledge, a reliable approach, and the ability to define a scientific method and write a research project – but there is no “standard” profile. Some researchers will be very attached to the academic way of doing things, while others will be eager, and in fact feel more comfortable in the context of private enterprise with an approach, specifically an economic approach, geared to productivity and responsiveness.

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