Literature review
IBC 464
http://library.spu.ac.th
Please answer these questions.
• 1 What are the criteria to be most
successful in business?
• 2 Can business research help increase
your business performance? How?
How to write a literature review
• What is a literature review?
• A literature review is a survey and discussion of the
literature in a given area of study. It is a concise overview
of what has been studied, argued, and established about
a topic, and it is usually organized chronologically or
thematically.
• A literature review is written in essay format. It is not an
annotated bibliography, because it groups related works
together and discusses trends and developments rather
than focusing on one item at a time. It is not a summary;
rather, it evaluates previous and current research in
regard to how relevant and/or useful it is and how it
relates to your own research.
• http://www.smu.ca/administration/library/litrev.html
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The literature review should:
• A literature review is not a list describing or
summarising one piece of literature after
another.
• The purpose of a literature review is: to
demonstrate your ability to identify the
relevant information and outline existing
knowledge; identify the "gap" in the
research that your work will address;
produce a rationale or justifiction for your
study.
Research report articles vary in how they
are organized, :
• Abstract - Brief summary of the contents of the article
• Introduction - A explanation of the purpose of the study, a statement
of the research question(s) the study intends to address
• Literature review - A critical assessment of the work done so far on
this topic, to show how the current study relates to what has already
been done
• Methods - How the study was carried out (e.g. instruments or
equipment, procedures, methods to gather and analyze data)
• Results - What was found in the course of the study
• Discussion - What do the results mean
• Conclusion - State the conclusions and implications of the results,
and discuss how it relates to the work reviewed in the literature
review; also, point to directions for further work in the area
• http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/tut/litrev/thelitrev.html
How useful are the following sources?
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journal articles
books
conference proceedings
government and corporate reports
newspapers
theses and dissertations
Internet (electronic journals)
CD-ROM
Magazines
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http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21LIT.HTM
• Literature review
• Until recently many researchers have shown interest in the field of
coastal erosion and the resulting beach profiles. They have carried
out numerous laboratory experiments and field observations to
illuminate the darkness of this field. Their findings and suggestions
are reviewed here.
• JACHOWSKI (1964) developed a model investigation conducted on
the interlocking precast concrete block seawall. After a result of a
survey of damages caused by the severe storm at the coast of USA,
a new and especially shaped concrete block was developed for use
in shore protection. This block was designed to be used in a
revetment type seawall that would be both durable and economical
as well as reduce wave run-up and overtopping, and scour at its
base or toe. It was proved that effective shore protection could be
designed utilizing these units.
• HOM-MA and HORIKAWA (1964) studied waves forces acting on
the seawall which was located inside the surf zone. On the basis of
the experimental results conducted to measure waves forces
against a vertical wall, the authors proposed an empirical formula of
wave pressure distribution on a seawall. The computed results
obtained by using the above formula were compared well with the
field data of wave pressure on a vertical wall.
• http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21LIT.HTM
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/63957/How-to-write-Consistently-Boring-ScientificLiterature?query2=how+to+write+review+of+related+literature
• References
• Arnaudet, M.L. & Barrett, M.E. (1984). Approaches to
Academic Reading and Writing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.:
Prentice Hall Regents.
• Babbie, E.R. (1991). The Practice of Social Research.
Belmont: Wadsworth
• Bouma, G. D. (1996). The Research Process.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
• Clegg, C.S. (1988). Critical Reading and Writing Across
the Disciplines. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
• Sample of a literature review
• http://www.d.umn.edu/~sjanssen/samplelitreview.htm
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Interviews and Questionaires.
• Paper is given in class
• Measures from marketing research
• Descriptive statistics
• Paper is given in class
References
• Sekaran,U.(2000) Research Methods for
Business. N.Y.:John Wileys&Sons.
• http://www.gwu.edu/%7Elitrev/