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UNIVERSITY OF PADUA
Department Land and Agro-forestry Systems
Title of the course
TITLE
and subtitle (if needed)
Supervisor
Prof. …
Co-Supervisor (if needed)
Prof. o (Dr.) XXX
Name of the student
no. YYY
Academic Year
20.. – 20..
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Index
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Abbreviations and acronyms .............................................................................. 5
Summary ............................................................................................................ 6
1. Introduction ................................................................................................. 7
1.1
Background .......................................................................................... 7
1.2
Problem statement ............................................................................... 7
1.3
Objectives and research questions ...................................................... 7
1.4
Structure of the thesis .......................................................................... 7
2. Theoretical background ............................................................................... 8
2.1
Definition(s) .......................................................................................... 8
2.2
Theoretical approaces.......................................................................... 8
3. Research methodology ............................................................................... 9
3.1
Research approach .............................................................................. 9
3.2
Sector and/or study area ...................................................................... 9
3.3
Data collection ..................................................................................... 9
3.3.1
Questionnaire ....................................................................................... 9
3.3.2
Instrument for measuring .................................................................. 9
3.3.3
Reliability .......................................................................................... 9
3.3.4
Sample ............................................................................................. 9
3.4
Data analysis ....................................................................................... 9
4. Results ...................................................................................................... 11
4.1
Title .................................................................................................... 11
4.2
Title .................................................................................................... 11
4.3
Title .................................................................................................... 11
5. Discussion ................................................................................................. 12
5.1 Theoretical implications .......................................................................... 12
5.2 Managerial implications .......................................................................... 12
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research ..................................... 12
6. Conclusions............................................................................................... 13
Quoted literature............................................................................................... 14
Web sites.......................................................................................................... 14
Annexes ........................................................................................................... 15
Annex 1 - Title .................................................................................................. 15
Annex 2 - Title .................................................................................................. 15
Annex 3 - Title .................................................................................................. 15
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List of figures
Figure 1: Title ..................................................................................................... 8
Figure 2: Title ..................................................................................................... 8
Figure 3: Title ................................................................................................... 10
Figure 4: Title ................................................................................................... 10
Figure 5: Title ................................................................................................... 11
Figure 6: Title ................................................................................................... 11
Figure 7: Title ................................................................................................... 12
Figure 8: Title ................................................................................................... 12
List of tables
Table 1: Title....................................................................................................... 8
Table 2: Title....................................................................................................... 8
Table 3: Title..................................................................................................... 10
Table 4: Title..................................................................................................... 10
Table 5: Title..................................................................................................... 11
Table 6: Title..................................................................................................... 11
Table 7: Title..................................................................................................... 12
Table 8: Title..................................................................................................... 12
List of boxes
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Box 2: Title. ...................................................................................................... 10
Box 3: Title. ...................................................................................................... 11
Box 4: Title. ...................................................................................................... 12
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Abbreviations and acronyms
Acknowledgement
I would like to express my gratitude to all those who gave me support to
complete this thesis …
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Summary
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1.
Introduction
(2-5 pages)
1.1
Background
Text
1.2
Problem statement
Text
1.3
Objectives and research questions
The study mainly intends to explore whether …
Regarding the objectives, the specific research questions are:
1.
2.
…
1.4
Structure of the thesis
Chapter 1 sets out the research problems based on the background information
in …. The research objectives and questions are then stated in the following
section.
Chapter 2 introduces the relevant theories in the study which includes …
In the following section, the definition and background of …. is generally
summarized. Special attention is paid to …
Chapter 3 describes the research methodology. After a brief description of the
research approach in the first section, the next section … Furthermore, the
reliability of the instrument to measure …. is explained. Hence, the samples
used in this study are described and then the techniques used in the statistical
analysis are explained.
Details of the results are presented in Chapter 4.
The discussions of the empirical findings, as well as the limitations of this study
and the suggestions for future research are presented in Chapter 5.
Finally, the conclusions that have been drawn from the results of the statistical
analysis are found in Chapter 6.
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2.
Text
Theoretical background
2.1
Definition(s)
Text
2.2
Theoretical approach(es)
Text
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3.
Research methodology
Text
3.1
Research approach
In order to examine the following aspects… should be investigated. Therefore,
secondary sources of information and primary data have to be collected. The
study employs … (prices trend analysis, literature review, case studies analysis,
survey questionnaire approach,…).
Quantitative data collected by the questionnaires will be subjected to statistical
analysis to test …
3.2
Sector and/or study area
Text
3.3
Data collection
Text
3.3.1 Questionnaire
Text
3.3.2 Instrument for measuring
Text
3.3.3 Reliability
A reliability analysis is employed to check whether the instruments used to
measure … is reliable.
A measurement is considered to be reliable if it reflects mostly true score,
relative to the error.
3.3.4 Sample
Text
3.4
Data analysis
The data was analyzed using the computer programme of (DAS, Microsoft
Office Excel, SPSS, R, EViews, …). Several statistical procedures were
involved in the data analysis.
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Figure 4: Title
Table 3: Title
Table 4: Title
Box 2: Title.
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4.
Results
In this chapter the results of the data analysis are presented. In section 4.1, …
4.1
Title
Text
4.2
Title
Text
4.3
Title
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Table 6: Title
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5.
Discussion
In this chapter, the theoretical implications of the findings of this study will be
discussed first, accompanied by providing the plausible explanations to the
findings produced in this study. Consequently, the discussions about
implications for the management are followed up. The last section identifies the
limitations existed in this study and the recommendations for further research
are presented in the following text.
5.1 Theoretical implications
5.2 Managerial implications
The findings of the study raise several managerial implications two of which are
worth to be addressed here. One
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research
There are several limitations in this study …
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6.
Conclusions
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Quoted literature
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Web sites
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Annexes
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methodology and data and other relevant information and data.
Annex 1 - Title
Text
Annex 2 - Title
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Annex 3 - Title
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