Posted: September 13th, 2017

The Determinants of Capital Structure: An Empirical Analysis of SMEs in East Asia & Pacific Region

1. I would prefer top writer from UK since I’m under British postgraduate education. I need to get approval from my Prof before you start on writing it if you wish to change the topic to a topic that you are well versed with and easily to get secondary data for my dissertation but provided the new topic still covered capital structure and SMEs and has not been done and published by others.

2. Before you start on writing it, I need to consult my Prof. Please let me know from (a) to (f) as soon as possible:
(a)what theoretical framework that you will be using: the independent variables and dependent variables (Earlier I Plan to use specific firm variables and macroeconomic variables)
(b)what theory you will bring in your literature review
(c)what are the hypotheses that you will be using
(d)from where you get your secondary data. Data should be latest or more recent figures (My Prof suggested me to get the data from https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/portal/. You just need to register and the world bank will give you login id and password but you need to have stata program in order for you to open the data) You can use other source provided the data are reliable.
(e)what statistical tests involved and how you want to test the hypotheses. (My Prof suggested me to use cross sectional regression)
(f)what equation you will be using

3. The flow for my dissertation with roughly word count: Abstract (250 words), Introduction (2000 words), Literature Review & Hypotheses (5500 words), Research Methodology(800 words), Empirical Findings(1500 words), Results (4000 words), Conclusion (1200 words). You can have your own subheading for each of it.

4. Introduction should include:
(a)Explain the purpose of your paper and introduce the research issue/knowledge gap (or real life issue) to your intended area of study with support from relevant literature(Not the literature review which comes next)

(b)Clearly state your research problem (or problem statement)based on the issue/gap (real life issue) identified in background

(c)Question(s) asked to operationalise your research problem. What questions your study aimed to answer?

(d)The research objectives should follow the research problem and questions. It should clearly and succinctly state the focus and intentions of the management project.

(e) How your study contribute to the area of knowledge, profession, practice. The section should contain a description of the contributions that the study makes to the knowledge base and a narrative about the importance of the study to a specific area and/or population

5. Literature Review & Hypotheses should include:
(a)Provide literature review on the theory involved
(b) Provide literature review on constructs of all your variables, dependent and independent.
(c)Based on the literature review above, form your theoretical framework showing the relationships between all your variables (a diagram is of good help in demonstrating your framework )
(d)Hypotheses are hypothetical answers to your questions. Your study shall find evidence to confirm the answers. A good literature review usually provides you some hints.
(e)Model or equation which uses to demonstrates the relationship among your variables for testing. Define your variables.
(f)Not only on previous research but should include recent research in the literature review too.

6. Research Methodology should include:
(a)Describe the scope of your research and all of your research methods. Start by describing the process you went through in selecting particular methods of research.
(b)State the data to be collected, sources and collection methods
(c)Explain how you want to analyze your data, the statistical tests involved and how you want to test your hypotheses
7. Empirical Findings should include:
(a)Should have descriptive statistics
(b)Should include Pearson Correlation coefficient
8. Results should include:
(a)Analysis of variance
(b)The evolution of SMEs capital structure in East Asia & Pacific Region
(c)Factors affecting capital structure of SMEs in East Asia & Pacific Region

9. I need to generate Turnitin report. So, please avoid plagiarism.

10. The empirical findings and the results should relate to the theory and the previous studies that been discussed in literature review.

11. I wish to get part or half of the draft work (by chapters) once you have done it by chapter before the completion date.

12. I will upload 3 sample of papers for your reference.
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Added on 03.07.2015 04:58
Hi,

1. I have uploaded 4 papers for reference. The paper from Bell et al and Beck et al been given by my prof to showed how they used data from (world bank) https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/portal/. for their paper.

2. Please include tables or graphs in the dissertation for explanation.
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Added on 03.07.2015 12:17
Dear writer,

I would like to share with you the tips/guidelines from the university for the dissertation.

Management Project (Dissertation) Hints & Tips
The management project report will follow a similar format to a dissertation (i.e. relevant literature review, methodology, fieldwork, discussion and relevance of findings to theory and practice, see guidelines for more detail).

A Straightforward guide to doing Master Management Project Report:
The following guidelines are only offered as general indications of how to carry out the research project and to construct the subsequent report. Your supervisor will inform you of specific practices in the discipline or subject area.

1. Think about the overall structure of the project report. The following is a good framework if you”re not quite sure how to start although you will get guidance from your supervisor. Apart from the synopsis, you can think of the following sections as separate chapters or even as 6 separate 3,000 word essays – this sometimes helps to take away some of the fear about doing such a big project.
– Synopsis

-Introduction and statement of issues; Explanation of chosen organisation and context (if applicable)

-Literature review
what bodies of literature can inform your research?
what have people already said about the issue?
how are you going to theorise your approach?

-Methodology
what methods are available?
which methods are most appropriate to your specific
research question based on what problem(s) you are addressing?
how exactly did you do the research?

-Fieldwork
what did you find?
how did you analyse it?
what are the inferences of your findings?

-Discussion of fieldwork and theory
how do your findings relate to the literature you discussed in the literature
review?
what new (if any) theoretical advance have you made?
what are the implications for practice?
what are the recommendations or policy implications?

-Conclusions, Reflections and Limitations
what were the limitations of your study?
what have you personally learnt about doing research?

2. Each chapter should be well structured. At minimum, follow the well known rule:
Tell “em what you are going to say an introduction to the chapter
Tell “em – the body of the chapter
Tell “em what you have said a summary of the chapter

3. Think about structure at all levels:
The overall report
Each chapter
Each section
Each paragraph (avoid overlong paragraphs)
Each sentence

4. Avoid subjectivity, such as I think that…, I believe that

5. Avoid the passive tense as far as you can, and avoid too much academic jargon (though some is probably necessary!)

6. Remember that at least one, possibly two (if your report goes to an External Examiner) of the readers will be approaching your work “cold”. The better it is written and structured, the easier it will be to read, and the more they will like you!

7. The Introduction should be concise and state the issues you are examining. It should set out your aims and research questions – why you consider the issues worth investigating, and how you propose to look at them. By the end of this chapter the reader should be clear about the