Frankly, I believe that both research ways are beneficial to the body of study but going against popular view I would prefer the Academia form of research where my research findings become useful at the long run or someone else furthers my research to make a discovery and the reason is this.
“Research is meant to bring about change, and a long-term research is always aimed at changing a bigger part of life therefore a long-term research will bring about a better impact to the body of study and provide more solutions than a short-term one”
I don’t care if its me or someone else all that matters is that change happens