Impact of Capital Structure on Firm's Profitability in Retail Sector

Research Proposal

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Background..................................................................................................................................3
Aim - ..........................................................................................................................................3
Objectives - .................................................................................................................................3
Research Questions :....................................................................................................................3
PROJECT QUESTIONS.................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
Method of inquiry........................................................................................................................5
Ethical issues................................................................................................................................5
Timeline.......................................................................................................................................5
Gantt chart....................................................................................................................................7
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Professional and career development skills.................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Background.
Capital structure refers to the combination of equity and debt used by firm to finance its
overall growth and operations. It can be defined as the proportion of debt and equity in the
funding of the company. The study is based on Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury. Tesco belongs
to retail industry. Headquarter of company is located in England, UK. Sainsbury is one of the
largest chain of supermarkets. Headquarter of firm is located in London, UK. Morrisons belongs
to retail industry and it was founded by William Morrison. The study will outline the impact of
capital structure on firm's profitability of the firms.
Aim -
“To investigate the impact of capital structure on firm's profitability in the context of retail sector
– A study on Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury.”
Objectives -
 To analyse the concept of capital structure of the organization.
 To evaluate the factors that affects capital structure of the companies.
 To evaluate the ways to attain optimum capital structure of the business.
 To analyse the interrelationship between capital structure and profitability of the
organization.
Research Questions :
 What is the concept of capital structure of the firm.
 What are the factors affecting capital structure of organization.
 What are the ways to attain optimum capital structure of the business.
 What is the interrelationship between profitability and capital structure of the
organization.
PROJECT QUESTIONS
What do you find in the literature ?