Doing Quality Collaborative Research with Business

This chapter provides both an overview of the book’s chapters, the ways in which they interrelate, and a foundation for their use. There are two main components to the foundation. First, the chapters are intended to guide collaborative research with business—although the methods articulated could be used in other kinds of research. Collaboration involves research participants working together to co-produce work meaningful to them, and the methods presented are articulated in these terms. Second, the chapters support the importance of research designers articulating their conceptual assumptions. This enables better and more transparent research designs and interpretation of research findings. This is always important but particularly so in the kinds of collaborative research settings that are our focus here.