The research problem statement

Fill in this document either in French or in English.

There is no length limit for this document. It will be a good foundation to draw up the final
master thesis.

1 The Research problem (or dilemma)

1.1 What is the research problem you want to work on?

1.2 Why is it a relevant problem?

2 The Research objective

2.1 What is the specific purpose of your investigation?
2.2 Why is this research important? Specify the expected
contribution of your work (methodological, managerial…)

2.3 What are the research scope and boundaries?

3 The Research questions

3.1 What is the main research question?

3.2 What are the underlying questions (maximum three)?

Bibliography
Only academic articles and books! You can find scientific papers on EBSCO.

-For Finance, Audit Control and IBES:

LEE, Nick with LINGS, Ian, (2008) Doing Business Research – a Guide to Theory and
Practice, Sage Publications Ltd, London.
-For Negotiation:
SEKARAN Uma with BOUGIE Roger (2013) Research Methods for Business A skill-
building approach, 6th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell.
-For Marketing:
Coussement K., Demoulin N. and Charry K. (2011), Marketing Research with SAS Enterprise
Guide, Gower.
-For HR, GOP, MIS :
EASTERBY-SMITH Mark, THORPE Richard and JACKSON Paul (2012) Management
Research, 4th edition, Sage