1) Identify a business research problem which is current and very important (in Kuwait or international/global)
2) Justify why the particular research problem is important to solve it
3) Identify research question/s to be answered by your research
3) Identify the purpose of the study that needs to be conducted in order to solve the problem
4) Conduct a brief literature review summarizing what has been written in the past on your topic (similarities and differences in opinions, critical evaluation of what has been written)
5) List minimum 10 references in the Reference list. All references from the Reference list need to be cited in the text.
6) Only journal articles (see online GUST library) will be accepted. No web pages…
7) Develop theoretical framework for your potential study (see your main text how to do it)
8) Develop hypothesis/hypotheses to be tested.