This is the Topic to discuss for this assignment:
Investigating how financial transparency and disclosure
might improve managerial oversight and decision-making in relation to financial
reporting quality and managerial responsibility.
To what degree does improving financial disclosure
translate into increased accountability and a better fit between manager’s
incentives and shareholder interests?
To increase investor trust, what are the potential
obstacles associated with establishing expanded financial disclosure
regulations in emerging markets?
The purpose of this research project is for you to create a
scholarly piece of graduate-level research and writing, which conforms to
current APA format. Competency in the current APA format is required of all
Business graduates of Liberty University, as set forth by policy of both the
Graduate Faculty and the administration. You will research and write a
literature review on a topic relevant to BUSI 730. ( TO TUTOR-My Topic is :
What impact does data analysis have on the financial viability of health care firms?)
Your topic should be based on an applied business problem
and research questions developed to address the applied business problem. In
Module 3, submit your proposed topic along with your applied business problem
and research questions in the literature review topic assignment link to your
instructor for approval. Do not “recycle” any work from any previous courses
you have taken. Your research paper will be a comprehensive thematic review of
the scholarly literature related to your topic.
Literature Review Draft Submission Assignment
After you complete your Literature Review Assignment, you
should submit your assignment to the Literature Review Draft Submission
Assignment to check your Turnitin report and make any edits necessary to your
Literature Review Assignment prior to submitting for a grade.
What is a literature review?
“A literature review discusses published information in a
particular subject area, and sometimes information in a particular subject area
within a certain time period.
A literature review can be just a simple summary of the
sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary
and synthesis. A summary is a recap of the important information of the source,
but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information. It
might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old
interpretations. Or it might trace the intellectual progression of the field,
including major debates. And depending on the situation, the literature review
may evaluate the sources and advise the reader on the most pertinent or
relevant.”[endnoteRef:1] [1: ]
How is a literature review different from an academic
research paper?
“The main focus of an academic research paper is to develop
a new argument, and a research paper will contain a literature review as one of
its parts. In a research paper, you use the literature as a foundation and as
support for a new insight that you contribute. The focus of a literature
review, however, is to summarize and synthesize the arguments and ideas of
others without adding new contributions.”[endnoteRef:2] The academic research
paper also covers a range of sources, but it is usually a select number of
sources, because the emphasis is on the argument. Likewise, a literature review
can also have an “argument,” but it is not as important as covering a number of
sources. In short, an academic research paper and a literature review contain
some of the same elements. In fact, many academic research papers will contain
a literature review section. But it is the aspect of the study (the argument or
the sources) that is emphasized that determines what type of document it is.
[2: ]
Why write literature reviews?
“Literature reviews provide you with a handy guide to a
particular topic. If you have limited time to conduct research, literature
reviews can give you an overview or act as a stepping stone. For professionals,
they are useful reports that keep them up to date with what is current in the
field. For scholars, the depth and breadth of the literature review emphasizes
the credibility of the writer in his or her field. Literature reviews also
provide a solid background for a research paper’s investigation. Comprehensive
knowledge of the literature of the field is essential to most research papers.”[endnoteRef:3]
[3: ]
What is the format for literature reviews?
“Just like most academic papers, literature reviews also
must contain at least three basic elements: an introduction or background
information section; the body of the review containing the discussion of
sources; and, finally, a conclusion and/or recommendations section to end the
paper.
· Introduction: Gives a quick idea of the topic of the
literature review, such as the central theme or organizational pattern.
· Body: Contains your discussion of sources and is organized
thematically.
· Conclusions/Recommendations: Discuss what you have drawn
from reviewing literature so far. Where might the discussion
proceed?”[endnoteRef:4] [4: ]
What is a thematic literature review?
“Thematic reviews of literature are organized around a topic
or issue, rather than the progression of time.
“Sometimes, though, you might need to add additional
sections that are necessary for your study, but do not fit in the
organizational strategy of the body. What other sections you include in the
body is up to you. Put in only what is necessary. Here are a few other sections
you might want to consider:
· Current Situation: Information necessary to understand the
topic or focus of the literature review.
· History: The chronological progression of the field, the
literature, or an idea that is necessary to understand the literature review,
if the body of the literature review is not already a chronology.
· Methods and/or Standards: The criteria you used to select
the sources in your literature review or the way in which you present your
information. For instance, you might explain that your review includes only
peer-reviewed articles and journals.
· Questions for Further Research: What questions about the
field has the review sparked? How will you further your research as a result of
the review?
Important Points to Consider
The paper is to be written in strict conformance to current
APA standards and must contain 7-12 pages of content (excluding the title page,
abstract, and references), utilizing at least 10 scholarly sources.
It is highly recommended that you download and read the
instructions to avoid any stress created by issues that are the result of
waiting until the last minute.
· A SafeAssign draft check will be provided for you to use
to improve your Originality Score prior to your final submission.
Three levels of current APA headings must be used throughout
the paper, as this is a graduate-level research paper.
Some students do not fully understand the difference between
plagiarism and paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is when you take a source or someone
else’s idea and say it in your own words. When you paraphrase, you must still
give the author’s name, date, title of the source, the scholarly journal where
it came from, and the exact website address or book.
However, when you directly quote a source, it must have
quotation marks around the quote, or (if 40 words or more) it must be set in
block quotation format. You must also give detailed information of where you
acquired the quote.
For the purpose of this academic paper, adhere to the follow
rules when quoting or using a source:
· Do not directly quote more than 120 words from any one
source.
· If the source is 2,000 words or less, do not directly
quote more than 50 words from any one source.
· Do not use the same source more than a total of 3 times
within the whole document for quoting or paraphrasing.
· Quotes must contain the section (if provided) and
paragraph or page numbers of the quote, and this information must be placed in
the reference.
· In all instances, use current APA guidelines for citations
and references.
The paper must not be a series of quotations. Quotes should
be used sparingly in doctoral level writing assignments. It is better to
paraphrase and cite than to quote.