But the study's overall conduct, design and analysis are coordinated at Duke University through an academic consortium and led by an independent academic executive and steering committee.
He managed the faculty, gave talks at law firms and bar associations, oversaw the renovation of the law library, and, in general, lived the glamorous life of an academic executive.
NAVIGATOR was designed by an academic executive committee in collaboration with the sponsor, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, who funded the study.
"Now academies are corporations and academics executives, without much of a sense of the ridiculous themselves, and not susceptible to magnanimous comedy.
As they gather with academics, executives and various experts this week at the World Economic Forum, which opens Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, the biggest concern is that leaders might become less vigilant now that the heat is off, ushering in a spate of new troubles that could dog the euro for years to come.
For decades, policy-makers from Europe and beyond have been coming to Cambridge, wistfully eyeing its "technology cluster", shaking their heads at the list of vibrant companies that it has spawned, interviewing academics, executives, planners and venture capitalists and wondering what its secret formula is.
Lutz Heuser, who leads SAP Research and hosts the conference, invited academics, executives and government officials from the United States, Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia to participate in the discussions.
The participants are a group of academics, executives, and startups and the goal isn't to sell product but to actually discuss the future of information overload, which is quite refreshing.
Since industry is the source for much of the money and studies available in academic medicine, executives normally drive the agenda in such meetings.
In London, he holds dinners that bring together environmental advocates, academics and executives.
