Echo of Gerald Lo the classical academic training of scientists, most especially PhDs, tends to be predominately academic research focus will little attention to real world applications. Seems colleagues from Europe have had greater exposure to industry but still in US and EU most schools generate people suited more for academics than where most jobs are.

To some extent it depends on your concept of “Science”. Science is often considered a body of knowledge. Carl Sagan worked to correct this mis-understanding.

Science is an approach to knowledge, not a body of knowledge. Science, often referred to as the “Scientific Method” is an approach to any and all things. It uses logic/ reasoning skills and valid empirical data. As such where would science NOT meet with business? Perhaps only with failed businesses? Those that are based on emotion with no methodology?

Any and all business segments benefit from a structure review of them. Establishing benchmarks, reviewing successes and failures, reducing error and waste, …. All of this is the application of a scientific approach.

Do you want an successful business venture? There is no better way to assure that than to use a scientific approach.

But then again the same thing can be said about every aspect of your lives.