Academic researchers often jump at the opportunity to conduct a research study, curious to learn more and address unanswered questions for the sake of general knowledge. Businesspeople tend to be more cautious before embarking on a marketing research study, recognizing that research is often
Select one:
A. expensive and time-consuming.
B. an impediment to decisive management.
C. of little use in real marketing situations.
D. an academic exercise of little real value.
E. beyond most managers' ability to comprehend.