If rumors are true, it is more likely to be the money problems. Some of VK's practice is in a grey area, which is really difficult to prove. As long as he is gone for whatever reasons, everyone else in the field will benefit.
Brewing Marketing Scandal
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I still see VK on gsu website (https://robinson.gsu.edu/profile/v-kumar/) and on the institute website (https://cebcm.robinson.gsu.edu/about-us/our-people/executive-director/)
Looks like it is just a false rumor?
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It is basically a trade-off of a few questionable papers or no paper at all.
No paper at all >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a few "questionable" papers
Every field has shady papers. If you force open access for proprietary data in the business field, the results may be no companies will provide data. To be honest, the industry could care less about academia already. Open access for company-own data may kill the field and make our research even more boring. As researchers we are willing to share our data of course but the corporate lawyers will hunt you down.
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GSU is trying to get him to go quietly. Go ask his doc students if you know them. They won’t respond to texts or emails. Everything is deathly quiet that’s what GSU wants.
I still see VK on gsu website (https://robinson.gsu.edu/profile/v-kumar/) and on the institute website (https://cebcm.robinson.gsu.edu/about-us/our-people/executive-director/)
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Came here to read about false advertising of IPAs . Deeply disappointed.
I saw advertising of opium therapy. So economists need opium nowadays to publish papers.
Who has has reliable source of VK? If his institution is emptied, it should be easy to check out right?
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Most research is hard to reproduce unless the effect size is very strong. And the truly ethical research is a tough aim. Open data and models still have flaws since the model(s) may have lacked critical controls, may have been incorrectly used or the data itself may have drawbacks. A simple example...recently the use of Tobin's Q was shown to be faulty in marketing studies. Now several researchers have used Q as their DV (marketing variables would almost always be significant on Q). Now that entire stream of research is nullified.
Data from market research companies have time and again been shown to be iffy. Scraped data also borders on the unethical and Europe with GDPR is already blocking it...so are most companies.
The nearest then you can get to a true effect is via a meta analysis. So now that this research ethics is put to rest...insider news from GSU is VKs center has run into some questionable financial issues. Many folks don't like him and the Dean does not either. It's not a crisis but VK should leave GSU at some point. VKs students will likely follow and irrespective, nothing will happen to them except they won't come to the market anymore with 3As at a time. -
Called VK center today, no one answered
Came here to read about false advertising of IPAs . Deeply disappointed.
I saw advertising of opium therapy. So economists need opium nowadays to publish papers.
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It's the Friday of finals week. Big shots in academia are already on vacation and their secretaries followed once boss is not home.
It's normal that you didn't get an answer at VK center. It would have been abnormal if someone actually answered.
If VK were fired, his office phone would have been disconnected immediately. You will hear error messages ("this number is not available...").
Called VK center today, no one answered
Came here to read about false advertising of IPAs . Deeply disappointed.
I saw advertising of opium therapy. So economists need opium nowadays to publish papers.
Who has has reliable source of VK? If his institution is emptied, it should be easy to check out right?
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*White Knight doc student has entered the chat*
It's the Friday of finals week. Big shots in academia are already on vacation and their secretaries followed once boss is not home.
It's normal that you didn't get an answer at VK center. It would have been abnormal if someone actually answered.
If VK were fired, his office phone would have been disconnected immediately. You will hear error messages ("this number is not available...").Called VK center today, no one answered
Came here to read about false advertising of IPAs . Deeply disappointed.
I saw advertising of opium therapy. So economists need opium nowadays to publish papers.
Who has has reliable source of VK? If his institution is emptied, it should be easy to check out right?