‘A good beginning makes a good end’ – Thoughts on getting the best possible start on your PhD

UPDATE: I posted a revised and updated version of this advice here. Some tips if you are thinking about doing a PhD… or are starting one… or, indeed, have been doing one but are not making as much progress as you wanted to. Recently, I co-chaired the ICISO2010 doctoral consortium, and was reminded that while … Continue reading ‘A good beginning makes a good end’ – Thoughts on getting the best possible start on your PhD

Screening for bad customers: the difficult balance between proof and intuition

I’m back from the Academy of Marketing conference, in Coventry, where I presented on the challenges of modelling undesirable customer behaviour. The topic of profiling dysfunctional or undesirable behaviour is a key interest of mine, that I investigated in my PhD, and addressed in a previous posting here and a range of publications and presentations. … Continue reading Screening for bad customers: the difficult balance between proof and intuition