Based on the demand of solving real-life problems all activities of HiTec Marketing have to be seen in the context of applied science and research. Gibbons denotes this methodical orientation as Mode 2 Science and deliberately distinguishes it from pure academic interests. Real-life problems do not adhere to discipline boundaries - from our point of view the successful exposure to heterogeneity, interdisciplinary approaches and a broad system of quality control are the right way to approach them.
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