International Business Research Paper
International Business Research Paper
Based on progress reports 1, 2, and 3, develop a research paper suitable for submission to an academic conference. Revise the ideas based on comments received for each
paper. As well as including problem definition, contribution, theory and predictions, your paper should include a description of your research design, the type of data
required to test your hypotheses, and methods you might use to collect and analyze the data (for empirical papers).
1. Introduction
2. Problem statement / definition (gap)
3. Literature review
4. Theory and Propositions
5. Proposed methods / data sources
6. Expected Implications (why is this research important)
7. Conclusions
keeping this in mind:
The research paper should have a clear theoretical basis for conceptual
development.
a. An introduction: which shows the importance of the subject area you
want to investigate. The introduction should logically lead to your
research objectives.
b. Literature Review: The second section is the Literature review, which
includes a survey of previous research in your area of investigation. You
should be able to show a research gap describing what types of studies
have (not) been done in the area and how your study is adding value and
new direction to previous work.
c. Conceptual Development: this section should be clearly grounded in
appropriate theories and should extend the scope and boundary conditions associated with the topic. The conceptual ideas should logically lead to testable
propositions.
d. Discussion and Implications: will involve you writing what insights have we gained from your conceptualization and how will your study be helpful to managers,
policy makers and academics. Future areas of research should also be outlined
I attached Progress report 1, 2 and 3 that included comments made by the instructor. important to read the comments made for each progress report. Please use article
that you feel useful that were cited in the progress report. WHEN WRITING THE PAPER, THE BODY STRUCTURE MUST BE AS AN ARTICLES FROM THE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS STUDIES (JIBS) I attached a JIBS article to view its format. Please use sources from google scholar, JIBS, and articles from top scholar Journals.

