(Harvard Business Review-Whats Your Negotiation Strategy) An executive summary is a thorough overview of a research report or other type of document that synthesizes key points for its readers, saving them time and preparing them to understand the study's overall content. The following questions might be answered: Briefly, what is this about? (Identify the main idea or topic) Why is it important? [or] Why was it undertaken? (Identify important arguments) What are the major findings or results? What more is to be done? [or] How will these findings be applied? Make sure that you have answered all the questions written above while preparing your executive summary.