Posted: January 4th, 2023
Strategic Research Project Template
Strategic Research Project Template
• Introduction Paragraph 1: Here student will write about which two firms were selected and why they were selected. Paragraph 2: Students should also highlight the importance of the study in this section. Paragraph 3: Students should write a paragraph on specific contributions made by the study. This section should be about 1 to 1½ pages long. • Analysis Section 1: Analysis about IT Strategy followed by firm 1 Section 2: Analysis about IT Strategy followed by firm 2 Section 3: Comparing IT Strategy between firm 1 vs firm 2 Paragraph 1: Provide detailed SWOT (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis for each firm. Paragraph 2: Provide a conclusion in terms of which firm’s strategy is likely to be more successful five years out Paragraph 3: Provide recommendations to the firm whose strategy is deemed to be less successful five years out This section will be very details and should be about 4 to 5 pages long. • Experts’ interviews (this section is optional) Section 1: Provide details about what panel of experts were selected and why. What questions were asked? How data was recorded. You should at least select three experts for the interview. Section 2: Provide summary of your findings from interviews about IT strategy overall This section should be about 1 page long. • Discussion Discuss findings and provide managerial implication of your analysis for each firm (how managers should take actions based on your analysis? What decisions could be made based on your analysis by managers?) This section should be about 1 to 1½ pages long. • Conclusion Students should write about half a page of concluding remarks about their research. This section should be about 1 to 1½ pages long. • References Please mention at least 10 references. It could be published papers, business magazines, YouTube videos, and/or Websites. You must follow APA Style of referencing. All the references must be cited in the