Research Proposal: Huawei's Security Threats and Revival Strategy

This research proposal investigates the impact of security threats and US bans on Huawei's business. It examines the company's decline in revenue, shipment, and reputation due to accusations of cyber espionage and trade violations. The study aims to identify the effects of the US ban on Hu...Read More

Research Proposal on
‘The security threat fear
against Huawei and
mitigation plan to revive
the business’
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:

Background of the research
• Huawei is the second-biggest smartphone manufacturer and supplier
in the world after Samsung.
• Currently owns 18% of the total telecom market globally (Bowler,
2020)
• Recently, Huawei was accused for cyber espionage, theft of
intellectual property from T-Mobile and trade violations
• According to the US Intelligence, the Chinese government is using
Huawei for spying on communication, threating national security
(Brandom, 2019)
• US has banned Huawei from their 5G network
• Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Japan also joined USA in banning
Huawei in their 5G telecom infrastructure (Lecher & Brandom, 2019)
• Huawei is facing fall in revenue and reputation due to these
accusations

Countries that have banned Huawei products
or are planning to do so (as of Aug 19, 2019)
(Source: Buchholz, 2020)

Purpose of the research
• Aim of the study:
• Investigating the effect
of the US ban and
accusations on
revenue, shipment and
reputation
• Finding out potential
measures for
mitigating the impact
of the ban and reviving
Huawei’s business
• Research objectives:
• To examine the impact of
cyber security threat
accusation and US ban on the
revenue of Huawei
• To investigate the perception
of consumers about Huawei’s
products and its image
• To find out the opportunities
for mitigating the impact of
US ban for participating in the
5G network technology and to
find new markets for business
expansion

Research questions
• How much the business of Huawei got
affected in the past one year due to the
accusations of cyber espionage by the United
States of America?
• What are the ways that Huawei can adopt to
mitigate the negative effect of US ban on its
business and reputation?
• How can the company can revive its business
in the near future and stop losing further
market share?

Research design
• Research method: Exploratory secondary research
• Type of data: Secondary, both qualitative and
quantitative
• Sources of data: News articles, official datasets,
reports and publications, journal articles, and many
online publications
• Type of data analysis method: Qualitative descriptive
• Style of interpretation and presentation of
findings: Descriptive

Budget schedule
Items Amount
Arranging equipment
$
850.00
Visit to library for literature study
$
130.00
Installing data analysis software
$
450.00
Secondary data collection expenses (For example,
Purchasing of books, journal or annual report of Huawei,
cost of print out, subscription charges for reports, $

Time schedule
Month
Task 1 2 3 4 5 6
Designing research strategy
and framework
Literature review
Secondary data collection
Data analysis
Presenting the findings and
discussion
Providing the conclusion and
Report submission

References
• Aljazeera.com. (2019). Huawei CEO says underestimated impact of US ban, sees revenue dip.
Retrieved 31 March 2020, from https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/huawei-ceo-
underestimated-impact-ban-sees-revenue-dip-190617090643551.html
• Bowler, T. (2020). What is Huawei and how could it be a security threat?. Retrieved 31 March
2020, from https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-47041341
• Brandom, R. (2019). The case against Huawei, explained. Retrieved 31 March 2020, from
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/22/18634401/huawei-ban-trump-case-infrastructure-fears-
google-microsoft-arm-security
• Buchholz, K. (2020). Infographic: Which Countries Have Banned Huawei?. Retrieved 31 March
2020, from https://www.statista.com/chart/17528/countries-which-have-banned-huawei-
products/
• Johnston, M. P. (2017). Secondary data analysis: A method of which the time has
come. Qualitative and quantitative methods in libraries, 3(3), 619-626.
• Lecher, C., & Brandom, R. (2019). Is Huawei a security threat? Seven experts weigh in.
Retrieved 31 March 2020, from https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/17/18264283/huawei-
security-threat-experts-china-spying-5g
• Maizland, L., & Chatzky, A. (2020). Huawei: China’s Controversial Tech Giant. Retrieved 31
March 2020, from https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/huawei-chinas-controversial-tech-giant
• Newman, L. (2020). The US Fears Huawei Because It Knows How Tempting Backdoors Are.
Retrieved 31 March 2020, from https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-backdoors-us-crypto-ag/

Thank you!