Title, Introduction to the topic:
Why is this study done? Motivation
(from the perspective of theory and
practice) is important.
Research question, the purpose of
the study, and possible limitations
Discuss the most relevant prior
studies (properly identified the 3-4 core studies and 15-20 peripheral studies)
How do you investigate the
question? Data availability? Method? Possible
model(s)?
Preliminary table of contents
Your schedule
Possible problems in the thesis
process
Cited references
Other references you can present as
a separate group
10-15
pages
At
this stage, for qualitative studies -
perhaps you should have the question prepared for interview and possible
contact with the interviewees and companies
At
this stage, perhaps you should have already collected the data for quantitative studies and
got some preliminary results
