BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TUTORIAL 1. Why do we need to conduct social science research? Explain the differences between deductive and inductive research. Social science research refers to any scientific study of human action and interaction focusing on elements of thought and behaviour that are in some sense social. As such‚ social scientists aspire to science. They intend to study human action and interaction and thought and behaviour in a systematic‚ rigorous‚ evidence-based‚ generalizing
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ARCHTYPES OF BUSINESS MODELS: LOOKING FOR PATTERNS BY: SALAU ADEDAMOLA ABSTRACT This research incorporated dynamic capability view into the field of business model and proposed an analytical archetype consisting of five interlocking propositions that helps executives as well as researchers gain new insights into the realm of business model competitiveness. The constructs of BM is at the forefront of current business strategy thinking and managers need more advanced models for understanding
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Abstract This paper will identify my top five values and how they are used in business decision making. Examples will be given to explain the personal foundation of the values and justification as to why the corresponding values were place at their respected position on the list. Values Used in Business Decision Making Values have an influence on how we make decisions in our personal and professional lives. It is a difficult task to narrow the list of values to the top five. However
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BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKETING Analysing Marketing Issues for Hewitt Associates INTRODUCTION Business-to-Business (B2B) marketing is a discipline in its own right and one of the fastest developing fields of marketing. A business-to-business marketing organisation focuses on relationship building and communication through marketing activities. Nowadays‚ focus of marketing has shifted from tangible things to intangibles things like skills‚ information and knowledge. Business-to-business marketers
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situation.Sometimes‚ when there is economic crisis all over the world‚ there will be a fall in stocks price and value investor will buy the stocks in a large amount.Focusing on the PE ratio is a good way to make the decision on buying the stock. 2. PE ratio could be meaningless to the decision It is very difficult to say whether a high or low PE ratio is good time for investment.The point is that we should find out that what is the cause of high PE ratio or low PE ratio. For example‚ a company has
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The University of Liverpool The Management School Applied Business Research Methods (ULMS515) Research Proposal PROPOSAL TITLE: Supermarket discounts: do they offer genuine benefits or are they “buying traps” Name: HU LIXIANG Student Number: 200908448 MSc Major: Consumer Marketing 1. Project Title Supermarket discounts: do they offer genuine benefits or are they “buying traps” 1.1. Introduction Generally speaking‚ people believe a discount in the supermarket is something
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While debating about the ethical dilemma I should write this application paper about‚ I thought (very briefly) to myself‚ “why don’t I just recycle a paper that I’ve written for another class… there is no way I could get caught.” I opened up my old school files and then it hit me… this would be a perfect ethical situation to write about. Thinking about both sides of the issue I realized that there would be a couple benefits to reusing an old paper‚ like budgeting the time it would take me to write
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GRAMEEN BANK Poverty is not created by the poor people. So we shouldn’t give them an accusing look. They are the victims. Poverty has been created by the economic and social system that we have designed for the world. It is the institutions that we have built‚ and feel so proud of‚ which created poverty. It is the concepts we developed to understand the reality around us‚ made us see things wrongly. The essence of my
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Business Research Application University of Phoenix Online RES/320 Business Research Application Research is imparitive part of the United States Army (USA) allowing the USA to revise the techniques on the battlefield and treatment of personnel with the organization. Research conducted by the USA in the field allows pre-testing data prior to the operational use on the battlefield. Acccording to Oxforch research is: “the systematic investigation into the study of materials‚ sources‚ etc
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BRM CASE ANALYSIS TULSA’S CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT CASE SUMMARY The Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce had noticed required timely information about Tulsa’s Central Business District for investment decisions • One of the research projects was a survey of chief executives of business firms to gather information about the number of employees working their‚ their salary distributions and proposed future investments • For this purpose‚ a mail survey was carried out‚ which also included
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