Article 1 : Writing a Literature Review What is a Literature Review? A literature review is a survey and discussion of the literature in a given area of study. It is a concise overview of what has been studied‚ argued‚ and established about a topic‚ and it is usually organized chronologically or thematically. A literature review is written in essay format. It is not an annotated bibliography‚ because it groups related works together and discusses trends and developments rather than focusing
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Literature review of Efficiency and productivity of banking firms Introduction Measuring the efficiency and productivity of banking firms has been playing a predominant role in helping managers or regulators to achieve a better understanding of the success or failure of policy strategies and make better decisions. Furthermore‚ the evaluation results of efficiency are also of major importance to stock owners‚ depositors and investors. The influence of ownership on cost and profit efficiencies
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CHAPTER II Review of Related Studies and Literature 1. Related Foreign Literature This contains a collection of foreign related literature that could compare the similarities and differences with the study. Title: Production Scheduling for Manufacturing Execution System Author: Steffen Lamparter Lars Jordan Date:September 2‚2011 Today‚ first inter-organizational tracking & tracing systems facilitate timely identification and handling of disruptions along the supply chain.
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How to write a literature review . In order to write the literature review effectively‚ you will need to understand first the purpose of the literature review. Why is it necessary to write a literature review? The main purpose of the literature review is to provide an overview of relevant literature published on a research topic. It is therefore important that you have a clear idea of the topic or question that you would like to be enlightened on. This is the reason why you need to write your
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Literature Review Outline Motivation of employees and creating harmony in the workplace Three issues that considerably add to higher levels of employee motivation and performance‚ Nemerov (1993) Supervisors should enhance the motivational climate in the workplace‚ Atwood (2004) Employees Motivation and Theories and their Implication for Employee Retention within Organizations‚ Ramlall (2004) Management style of managers in Sierra Leone is based on autocratic-democratic approach Employee can
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CHAPTER II Travelling Uncharted Waters? REVIEWING THE LITERATURE 2.1 Introduction: Storm in a teacup This part of my research journey was fraught with anxiety‚ distress and a sense of being lost. Reviewing the literature became my own storm in a teacup‚ as I found myself dizzily spiralling‚ being flung between not knowing on the one side‚ on the verge of knowing at the other‚ yet continuously feeling out of control‚ not being here nor there ... caught somewhere between locating
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Chapter 1 The Problem and Review of Related Literature Introduction “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” –Confucius. This quote from the famous Chinese philosopher must be true for every student who wishes to study abroad and attain a winning career. Students should be careful in choosing which country they will spend their time and money for studying because if they made a wrong step or move‚ the journey to success would be different to them to take. Few countries in
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Sarhad J. Agric. Vol.27‚ No.1‚ 2011 103 REVIEW OF PAST LITERATURE ON AGRICULTURE CREDIT IN RURAL AREA OF PAKISTAN NAUSHAD KHAN*‚ MALIK MUHAMMAD SHAFI*‚ MUSAWAR SHAH****‚ ZIAUL ISLAM***‚ MOHAMMAD ARIF***‚ RUKHSANA JAVED**‚ and NAEEM SHAH* * ** *** **** Institute of Development Studies‚ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University‚ Peshawar – Pakistan. Department of Economics‚ Jinnah College for Women‚ University of Peshawar – Pakistan. Institute of Business Management & Computer Sciences‚ Khyber
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of a social setting. The action research literature has strongly challenged the character of positivism. It is believed that this type of research is derived from a different ontological basis; it tends to a humanistic social practice rather than a traditional natural science. Lewin started with the term action research’. His approach to the process is composed of a circle of planning‚ action and fact-finding. It is sometimes argued that Lewin’s model place insufficient analysis at key points
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Module: Financial research project P58836 Critical literature review on Mergers and Acquisitions Lu Sun 13123963 Date: 7 April 2014 Contents 1. Abstract………………………………………………............3 2. Introduction………………………………………….............3 3. Literature review……………………………….……………4 3.1 The analysis performance of acquisition……………..5 3.11 Short-term analysis……………………………..5-6 3.12 Long-term analysis……………………………..6-8 3.2 Methodologies assessment…………………………..8-9 3.3 Real motivation for acquisition……………………
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