Thoughts about Your Term Paper:
1) At minimum
15 pages, including references.
2) Double spaced 12 point font
(references are to be single spaced)
3) Indent new paragraphs instead of inserting two carriage returns.
4) Use at
least 10 Scholarly references (from journals, see below), and as many other references to the popular press as you
like, as long as they are formatted correctly in the bibliogr
aphy
The term paper
is an important part of the class, since it carries a third of the total grade. Be sure to give it the time
and attention it deserves.
The topic is t
o be "China
'
s role as the worlds second largest
economy
." I want you to
understand that Hofstede, albeit the cultural reference point, is largely viewed as old and dusty. I want to see what
you can dig up that points to how Chinese
economic
factors affect the world of business.
Hence, the paper will be
about
what the current
role
of the Chinese market is
in the global
economy
and
ho
w it impacts our ability to do
business in recognition of its influence
.
As you put your paper together, b
e sure you follow the correct styl
e in
your use of
citations and references.
I have no
upper limit on citations, but I expect you to use at least a full dozen proper scholarly cites (this would be references
from research journals, such as Journal of International Business Studies, Managem
ent International Review,
Journal of World Business, Journal of Global Information Technology Management and Journal of Global
Information Management...each of which his accessible digitally through the UM library, and can be searched
easily via the library
interface online).
Guidance on the proper format
in which to use citations in the paper and to list them in the bibliography (I look to
each of these when I assess your paper for grading purposes),
mirrors popular MI
S journal formats
.
Your
in
-
text citati
ons
(where you note the source of any and all
factual
statements), in the body of the paper, should
be in the following format:
"Internet user motivation arises from strong social gratifications (Stafford and Gonier, 2004)."
Your
reference
to citations
in the bibliography
should be in the following format:
Stafford, Thomas F., and Dennis Gonier (2004), "Gratifications for Internet Use: What Americans Like
about Being Online,"
Communications of the ACM,
47(1), 107
-
112.
Online citations are referenced
thus:
Stafford, Thomas F. (2002), "Review of A. Langer's ‘Applied E
-
commerce: Analysis and Engineering for
E
-
commerce,'"
Computing Reviews,
https://reviews.com, current June 7, 2006.
Your format will be basic:
ü
A cover page with title and author inform
ation
ü
An abstract outlining the key points of the paper in abbreviated form
ü
An introduction that introduces your topic, the reason why it is important and what you intend to do
with it in the context of the paper
ü
The body of the paper, which can use headings to introduce new key areas of discussion as they occur,
as well as subheadings, if necessary, to show emphasis on specific areas of a key topic.
ü
A conclusion
ü
A bibliography. Remember, 12
scholarly citations,
at least, in this. You can use Internet sources, too,
but I want to
see 12
journal articles referenced
Ask questions of me as they occur to you