Industrial development and economics are areas that are increasingly becoming knowledgebased. Knowledge service companies therefore face the challenge of having to be sufficiently professional in the collection, processing and supply of knowledge. Such professionalism requires competencies that today tend to be anchored in many different sectors and companies: research, communication and strategy. Oxford Research masters these competencies and offers:
- Academic work that is both methodical and involves the same degree of theoretical and methodical depth that is required in social sci-ence research
- Communication skills matching those of the best journalists
- Strategic understanding at the level possessed by the best consultancy firms, as the knowledge we gather, process and supply is always destined to be used by someone for something.
Oxford’s mission is to combine and balance these three competencies - not just within the company but also within each individual employee and each individual project.