Writing a literature review The overall purpose of a literature review is to demonstrate a knowledge of the existing body of research in a particular topic area. In other words‚ it retrospectively undertakes a critical analysis of the pros and cons of existing important studies and research and shows which issues require new or further study – how the body of knowledge could be improved. As such‚ it is a useful way of arguing for new research to be done - for example‚ as part of a proposal for
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Writing a Literature Review A literature review… • Provides an overview and a critical evaluation of a body of literature relating to a research topic or a research problem. • Analyzes a body of literature in order to classify it by themes or categories‚ rather than simply discussing individual works one after another. • Presents the research and ideas of the field rather than each individual work or author by itself. A literature review often forms part of a larger research
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any light meals (Revers‚2008). This literature review would help in evaluating the various criteria to open a new coffee shop around Liverpool Street in London. The number of chains of coffee shops grew to 5.6% and it contributed to 29.1% in the market share in the UK during 2005‚ but the small independent coffee shops grew by only 2% (Kumar S‚ 2005). Among 14‚022 coffee shops in the UK 62% of the customers visited the major coffee shops of the 3 major brands Costa Coffee‚ Starbucks and Cafe Nero
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technology. The health sector’s technological applications have been achieved within health information systems. The implementation of technology in this sector has resulted into both positive and negative implications on health care. This literature review focuses on reports of past research on the impact of technology within the health sector with an aim of analyzing how technology has affected the quality of care‚ the management of health record management processes and the direction of health
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is the world’s largest early child development program . Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is the only major national program that addresses the needs of children under the age of six years. Because the health and nutrition needs of a child cannot be addressed in isolation from those of his or her mother‚ the program also extends to adolescent girls‚ pregnant women and nursing mothers . It was initiated in 1975
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Financial Restructuring and Its Impact On Corporate Performance In India CHAPTER – 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 21 Financial Restructuring and Its Impact On Corporate Performance In India LITERATURE REVIEW Finance is the life blood of business. A unit may fall sick because of a major lubricant i.e.‚ finance. There are various mechanisms available to a firm for revival. Financial Restructuring is a favoured mechanism for firms in red. Does financial restructuring help in improving the financial
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The first printed advertisements appeared in newspapers. Nowadays advertising is so popular in the modern world that it is possible to investigate advertising language separately from the newspaper style. The usage of different means and devices on phonetic‚ morphological‚ lexical‚ syntactical and graphic levels make the advertising style individual. In this term such points were observed: phonetic peculiarities: alliteration‚ assonance‚ anaphora‚ repetition of the sound and rhyme; morphological
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Running Head: LITERATURE REVIEW: DOES HOMEWORK INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? LITERATURE REVIEW: DOES HOMEWORK INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? Caroline Oakland University EST 601 Problem Sheet 3: Review of the Literature 1. What are the specific problem(s) or question(s) to be addressed in your literature review: The Value of Homework in Student Achievement. Is there a positive effect? Negative effect? No effect ? 2. What general reference tools did you
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Review of Literature Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Health promotion is about promoting‚ improving‚ advancing‚ supporting‚ encouraging and placing the health status of individuals and communities higher on personal and public agendas. The goal of health promotion is to enable the people to have increase control over the aspects of their lives and to improve their health and well-being. The purpose of health promotion in nursing practice is to promote and provide information to individuals
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A literature review is a text written by someone to consider the critical points of current knowledge including substantive findings‚ as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources‚ and as such‚ do not report any new or original experimental work. Also‚ a literature review can be interpreted as a review of an abstract accomplishment. Most often associated with academic-oriented literature‚ such as a thesis or peer-reviewed
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