IT Project Management- Research Methods

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IT project Management- Research Methods
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Literature Search and Review..................................................................................2
1.1 Introduction:..............................................................................................................2
1.2 Literature Search:.......................................................................................................3
1.3 Literature Evaluation:................................................................................................6
1.4 Final List of Literature:..............................................................................................7
1.5 Discarded Literature:...............................................................................................10
1.6 Conclusion:..............................................................................................................11
1.7 Limitations:..............................................................................................................12
References:....................................................................................................................13

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Part 1: Literature Search and Review
1.1 Introduction:
The assignment is done for researching about the barriers that are preventing the
organizations of Libya to adopt e-commerce. The research is done based on the current findings,
existing e-commerce organizations, its limitations and challenges. This research is done with the
purpose of providing in-depth idea of current challenges of adopting e-commerce in Libya. The
Libyan e-commerce atmosphere is facing many problems. Security is one of the main concerns
of the Libyan e-commerce system. This research is done to provide a thorough analysis of the
current difficulties that the private companies in Libya face when shifting to the new e-
commerce era. The trust of the people is also an important factor while starting up an e-
commerce website. The atmosphere in Libya is affecting the smooth operation of the e-
commerce startups.
The literature search is done with the objective of searching and reviewing the current
academic research and peer-reviewed articles. The information gathered from those articles can
provide enough idea to propose a research question. The literature is focused on two primary
aspects such as barriers to e-commerce implementation and current challenges of existing e-
commerce in Libya. There are multiple barriers for e-commerce in Libya. Among these barriers
high cost of internet services, credit card insurance and transportation infrastructure are the main
ones. The challenges can be mainly trust based and security related as the new web based e-
commerce business is quite new for the people of Libya. The security infrastructure is also not
up to the mark in Libya which increases the concerns. This creates problem for the current e-
commerce businesses as well as the businesses who are thinking of starting an e-commerce

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section of their own. The Google scholar academic database has been used for searching all the
required articles.
1.2 Literature Search:
This part of the study is focused upon the performed searches in the academic database.
The following table has been presented to show the searched question, filters, total result found
and assessment.
Numbe
r
Search questions Filters Results Assessment
1 E-commerce
Adaptation
2015-2018 2802 Search term too generic, further
refinement needed.
2 E-commerce
Adaptation in
Business
2015-2018 2102 A new source, brought back vast
amounts of results. Found a paper,
will refine the search to find if the
authors have other papers.
3 E-commerce
Adaptation in
Libya
2015-2018 2102 The author had published three
papers, but only one was relevant
to the topic.
4 E-commerce
adaptation
challenges
2015-2018 830 Some results weren’t specific to
websites. A few good sources
appeared at the top of the search
results.
5 E-commerce in 2015-2018 101 Some good results, the best results