IMAT5211 Coursework: Research Proposal on E-commerce Impacts

This research proposal explores the impact of e-commerce on global business, focusing on its advantages for businesses of all sizes, and its influence on international trade. The study aims to understand current e-commerce practices, identify future trends, and assess the implications for customer...Read More

Running head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Research Proposal
[Name of the Student]
[Name of the University]
[Author note]

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Background:
Online financial transactions are considered to be the basic as well as the comfortable
source used for product purchasing from the online sellers. Trade conducted online is associated
with helping individuals in saving time cost as well as money. Besides this the online financial
transactional technology utilizes by numerous organizations as well as applications which mainly
includes the e-commerce, processing of orders and net banking. E-commerce is defined as the
business which is done by making use of the internet and the buying and selling of the goods and
services is done via the internet.
Purpose, Scope and Method:
The main purpose of conducting this study is aimed at understanding the way by which
the e-commerce is conducted in the real world along with the advantages which the new business
form is associated with bringing for the small traders as well as to the giant corporations.
Another purpose of the research includes the viewing of the ways by which this business is
conducted in today’s modern world and for obtaining of an indication related to the trends that
are to be adopted in the future by e-commerce. Another aspect of the research is associated with
including the studying of the impacts of this particular form of business upon the customers,
The method of study would be limited to the usage of the secondary sources along with
the qualitative data collection from the different literature published and the available research
papers in the public domain related to this issue, besides this extensive data would be created for
the purpose of understanding the dynamics that the present day e-commerce systems are having
along with its application as well as impact upon the global business.

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Research questions and Purpose:
For the purpose of determining and analyzing the impacts of the e-commerce upon the
global business the following research question needs to be answered.
Q1: What are the general impacts that the Internet is having upon the business conducted
internationally and on the entrepreneurship?
Q2: What are the benefits that the E-commerce system is associated with bringing for
international businesses?
Q3: What are the major problems and the legal issues that are faced by the international e-
commerce?
Q4: What are the managerial implications for the international online marketers upon the
business strategy?
Q5: What are the future trends of e-Commerce?
Problem statement:
The research would mainly be associated with dealing with the potential impact of the e-
commerce upon the global trade and the business along with the impact upon the customers. This
would also be associated with dealing with the various kind of security and legal aspects of the e-
commerce and the entire research would be associated with making attempts for filling up of the
knowledge gap.
Methodology:
The method which would be utilized for conducting the entire research would be
identified and a clear cut research design would be formulated which would be justified and
would be associated with serving for the entire purpose of the research. The research

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methodology would also be associated with the identification of the strengths as well as the
weaknesses of the sources and the data collected along with the methodology itself which would
be stated as well as acknowledged in a clear way.
The entire research would be associated with following the purpose of the research
conducted with the intended population that has been targeted along with the usage pf accurate
sampling methods. Besides this the criteria of selection would also be predefined along with the
data analysis tool and process which would be used as per its applicability into the research
process. The reason which lies behind the choosing of the tools and the samples would also be
enumerated and defined in a clear way. Variables that are present in the data collection process
along with the collection methods would be accounted for along with being addressed in an
adequate manner. The threats related to the reliability and the validity of the collection of data,
along with its source and analysis would also be identified and enumerated so as to get the
results for the objective.
Schedule:
Task
Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish
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Scheduled Research Project 92 days Tue
5/28/19
Wed
10/2/19
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Scheduled Research Proposal 16 days Tue
5/28/19
Tue
6/18/19
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Scheduled Choosing a topic for research 2 days Tue
5/28/19
Wed
5/29/19
Auto
Scheduled Background Study of the Research 5 days Thu
5/30/19
Wed
6/5/19
Auto
Scheduled Development of the Research Question 3 days Thu 6/6/19 Mon
6/10/19
Auto
Scheduled Designing the Conceptual Framework 3 days Tue
6/11/19
Thu
6/13/19
Auto
Scheduled Development of the Research Question 3 days Fri 6/14/19 Tue
6/18/19

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Auto
Scheduled Research Proposal Submission 0 days Tue
6/18/19
Tue
6/18/19
Auto
Scheduled
Review of the Literature and Collection of the
Data 48 days Wed
6/19/19
Fri
8/23/19
Auto
Scheduled Reviewing the available literature 14 days Wed
6/19/19
Mon
7/8/19
Auto
Scheduled
Selecting target population for collecting the
data 10 days Tue 7/9/19 Mon
7/22/19
Auto
Scheduled Collecting the Data of the Research Study 10 days Tue
7/23/19
Mon
8/5/19
Auto
Scheduled Analyzing the gathered data 14 days Tue 8/6/19 Fri 8/23/19
Auto
Scheduled Submission of the Draft Research paper 0 days Fri 8/23/19 Fri 8/23/19
Auto
Scheduled Submission of the Final Project Paper 28 days Mon
8/26/19
Wed
10/2/19
Auto
Scheduled Critical Analysis of the findings 10 days Mon
8/26/19 Fri 9/6/19
Auto
Scheduled Concluding the Findings of the Study 8 days Mon
9/9/19
Wed
9/18/19
Auto
Scheduled Recommendations 10 days Thu
9/19/19
Wed
10/2/19
Auto
Scheduled Submitting the Final Project Report 0 days Wed
10/2/19
Wed
10/2/19
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