Question：Impact of working capital management on firm performance
2500 words
Attention：all date must from Bloomberg（if not from Bloomberg will be Fail）
And must use SPSS and send spss data file to me。Thanks
The aim of this assessment is to enhance your ability to understand the research processes in finance and other related disciplines.
Therefore, you will be expected to:
Develop clear research objectives, questions and/or testable hypotheses.
Identify significant studies available on your topic, critically discuss and evaluate these and use clear arguments to justify the need for your research.
Be aware of relevant sources of data and appropriate statistical methods that can be used to analyse data.
Ascertain that results/research findings are well presented, logically and clearly explained, appropriately linked to findings from previous studies (literature) and can stimulate debate.
Have an awareness of academic integrity – referencing sources appropriately.
You are required to choose any finance or finance related topic that you would like to write a research paper on for publication in a finance related letters journal such as Applied Economics Letters (formerly known as Applied Financial Economics Letters), Banking and Finance Letters, Economics Letters and Finance Research Letters. Make sure you familiarise yourself with the aims and scope or coverage of the journal before choosing your topic.
The research essay must include the following:
MUST Write like following structure
• Research Topic and Target Journal (provided on the cover page) – The research topic should be concise and reflect the contents of the paper. The research paper must be appropriate for the scope and coverage of the journal. Detail on scope is usually available on the journal’s website or you can check the reference list/journal website to see if similar research topics have been previously published.
• Abstract– a very short paragraph that summarises in particular the pertinent finding of the research report and what conclusions can be drawn.
• Keywords – up to 4 keywords that are specific and encapsulate your topic.
• Introduction – should be concise, focused and may include brief background on the research problem, rationale of the research, scope of the research, the key results and preamble to other sections of the paper. The main aims, objectives, research questions and hypotheses can also be included in this section. These should be very well defined, very clear and specific, well-structured and appropriate for the study.
• Literature Review – A critique of literature, which demonstrates that you’re knowledgeable about pertinent theoretical and empirical literature on your research area. The review should be coherently structured and sources used should be up to date and appropriate – principally sources should be studies from academic journals. The justification for the research should also be evident from the review.
• Data and Methodology – Brief details should be provided on source(s) of data, the time period chosen, frequency of data, sample size and selection criteria, data items (variables) and how these are defined or measured. The section should also include the statistical techniques/models that will be used for analysing the data. Additionally, justification for the methodology should be succinctly conveyed (possibly through reference to previous studies that have adopted a similar approach you have chosen).
• Results – This section should include concise discussion of results from the analysis , compare and contrast of your results to previous studies on the research area. The relevant results tables must be clearly presented within the main report. The tables must be typed, should be titled, not disjointed, symbols used to indicate levels of significance explained under the table (as notes).
• Conclusion – should summarise briefly and highlight importance of the main findings, discussion of rational limitations and realistic recommendations for future research.
• References and Structure of Paper – Harvard Style Referencing should be used. References must be complete, accurate and consistent. The report should also be professionally presented and well structured.
Notes:
• This is an individual assignment and should be no longer than 2500 words excluding Abstract, Tables and References.
• Do ensure that you do not exceed the maximum word count. Any information/material not within the allowable limit will be disregarded and this could potentially reduce your marks.
• Data for this assessment must be collected using only databases allowed for this coursework i.e. Bloomberg or Bank Focus. All statistical analyses must be performed using SPSS. Please note that your work will not be marked if you do not adhere to this instruction.
• All relevant results tables that display findings pertinent to the research must be presented in the main document. All tables must be typed (no images or pictures allowed) and clearly labelled. Any table provided using images/pictures will be disregarded and the explanations of the results would not be considered. This will potentially reduce your marks.
• Do not copy and paste your output from SPSS – you need to present only the relevant parameters. There will be several examples on presentation available on the module site. Please have a look at these.
• In certain circumstances, you may be required to give an oral presentation of your work before your provisional results can be released.
A note on Academic Misconduct
The academic community treats academic misconduct such as self-plagiarism/duplication, plagiarism, cheating, collusion, purchasing work for assessment, ghosting, copying (other people’s work and copying out of books and articles), misrepresenting research outcomes (including data and results), falsifying data and fabricating data as a very serious matter. If you do want to reproduce a quotation from a text or article, make absolutely sure that you have clearly attributed the work. Please be very sure that you are familiar with the University regulations on academic misconduct. Please refer to the student handbook for more information.
Details of the assessment criteria are provided below
Assessment Criteria Maximum Mark
Appropriateness of abstract and keywords. 5
Logical development of introduction – Provides a clear research problem, specific aims, objectives and appropriate research questions. 10
Coverage, critical analysis and evaluation of relevant literature. 20
Methodology provides explanation on chosen data source(s), sample selection criteria, method(s) of analysis and justification for chosen method(s). 15
Discussion of research results – clearly presented, logically explained and linked to pertinent previous studies. 25
Conclusion – summarises main findings concisely discusses study limitations and recommendations for future research. 15
References and Structure (presentation) of Paper – use and completeness of references (Harvard style), organisation and structure of the paper. 10
Total 100
