Consider the economic model of academia - you apply for a grant, you do some work, if you get a useful outcome or not no-one really cares, you apply for another grant and if you play the game right you get a sinecure. In addition in many academic fields there are no right or wrong answers anyway.<p>Nothing like that really exists in the corporate world, which is results and return-on-investment oriented. You produce, or you&#x27;re out. Such a world seems like a nightmare to someone who is used to the safe, cosy academic world.<p>Of course the elephant in the corner of the room is that academia only exists because of wealth generated by grubby commerce...