Topic: The international development of Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (Business 2 Business Company)

Section 1: Introduction

You need to provide an outline of a researchable topic that is focused on what you are going to address through the collection and analysis of data rather than literature review.

You need to provide a clear and coherent outline of the purpose and objectives of the research. You are required to specify what it is you want to find out and why. You will need to consider the question; what will we know once you have completed the research that we do not know now?

You need to explicitly address the following items:

• The background and issues underlying the research aims, objectives, and questions;
• Justification for, and significance of, the research (personal motivation is not enough; you need to embed the justification for the research topic in the literature and provide an indication of why others might be interested in the research).