Preapre a business report high;ighting "how it is leveraging mobilecommerce (M-Commerce) to enhance its e-commerce activities "
Topic Select a business that utilises e-commerce. Research how it is leveraging mobilecommerce (M-Commerce) to enhance its e-commerce activities and become more competitive.
The Key elements of the research proposal :-
The following elements must be included in your research proposal:
- Introduction or background to the research problem or issue, including an identification of the gap in the current research The introduction should be as brief as possible (a paragraph or two). Whatever you do, dont ramble on for pages; you need to make this part of the proposal clear and crisp. In the introduction, you need to give a sense of the general field of research of which your area is a part. You then need to narrow to the specific area of your concern. This should lead logically to the gap in the research that you intend to fill. When the gap is identified, a research question can then be raised. The answer to this question is called the thesis statement.
- Research question and, if possible, a thesis statement answering the question The research question may not be a question as such, but rather a statement of a problem to be investigated.
- Justification for the proposal research, i.e., why the research is needed one page is usually sufficient for this. You need to tell the reader that the research can justified along four main criteria: (1) The size of the industry/area involved; (2) The gaps in the literature that demand attention; (3) The unusual or improved methodology being used; (4) The benefits in terms of policy and practice
- Preliminary literature review covering what others have already done in the area This is where you provide more detail about what others have done in the area, and what you propose to do. You need to write around 2-3 pages in which you cover the following: (1) The major issues or schools of thought (2) Gaps in the literature (in more detail than is provided in the introduction) (3) Research questions and/or hypotheses which are connected carefully to the literature being reviewed (4) Definitions of key terms, provided either when you introduce each idea, or in a definition subsection (5) Questions arising from the gaps that can be the focus of data collection or analysis.
10 References This must be provided in the usual scholarly fashion. It helps to convince your reader that your proposal is worth pursuing if you can identify literature in the field and demonstrate that you understand it. It makes a very strong impact if you can identify where there is a research gap in the literature that your proposal hopes to fill. This is your contribution to the scholarly conversation. You should use academic references (peer reviewed articles), rather than web articles.
Assignment The outline will include the title and a description of the sections in your paper andthe key topics in each, along with at least five preliminary references and a note asto in which section they will be included.
- You are required to address Elements 1,2,3,4,10 in your outline.
- You are required to provide at least 5 references.
- Word limit: 200