A fake synopsis sample for an academic-oriented dissertation project (for the ALRA)

 A fake Synopsis sample for the academic-oriented dissertation project (for the ALRA) [recommended word count: 250 words]

Project title: An investigation on the internal innovation barriers of "owners/ managers characteristics" and "firm characteristics" for the BBB sector in Hong Kong: an empirical research

1. The dissertation academic topic theme: This dissertation project examines some research gap issues as related to the topic of innovation barriers.
2. The triggering point of intellectual curiosity of the researcher: The intellectual starting point is the curiosity of why the HK BBB sector has a very low adoption rate of XYZ application in its business operation as compared to that of other countries, such as Australia and South Korea.
3. The researcher positioning with regard to the dissertation project: I support using mixed methods research and pragmatism to approach this study which has is highly related to my professional career in the BBB sector.
4. The gross research gap position statement: It appears that the existing theories on innovation barriers are not adequately usable for analyzing the innovation barriers of XYZ application in HK.
5. The main theories involved and the main theory measurement unit considered: Two main theories to be examined in this study are Richard Lee's Innovation V theory and Vicky Poon's Innovation L theory.
6. The main research gap items and the corresponding research objectives: Specifically, the main factors of "managers/owners' characteristics" and "firm characteristics" are both unclear and not formulated in a usable way for the study of innovation in the BBB sector in HK with regard to XYZ application. Specifically, the two main research objectives are: Research objective 1: to develop more knowledge on the innovation barrier factor of "managers/ owners characteristics" for the HK BBB sector with regard to XYZ application and Research objective 2: to develop more knowledge on the innovation barrier factor of "firm characteristics" for the HK BBB sector with regard to XYZ application 
7. The research methods to use with regard to the research objectives: The primary research methods of questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview are to be used for the two main research objectives of this study.

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_____ now you could make it more concise by deleting the content subheadings. The result is as follows:

Project title: An investigation on the internal innovation barriers of "owners/ managers characteristics" and "firm characteristics" for the BBB sector in Hong Kong: an empirical research

This dissertation project examines some research gap issues as related to the topic of innovation barriers. The intellectual starting point is the curiosity of why the HK BBB sector has a very low adoption rate of XYZ application in its business operation as compared to that of other countries, such as Australia and South Korea.

I support using mixed methods research and pragmatism to approach this study which has is highly related to my professional career in the BBB sector.

It appears that the existing theories on innovation barriers are not adequately usable for analyzing the innovation barriers of XYZ application in HK. Two main theories to be examined in this study are Richard Lee's Innovation V theory and Vicky Poon's Innovation L theory. Specifically, the main factors of "managers/owners' characteristics" and "firm characteristics" are both unclear and not formulated in a usable way for the study of innovation in the BBB sector in HK with regard to XYZ application. As such, the two main research objectives are: Research objective 1: to develop more knowledge on the innovation barrier factor of "managers/ owners characteristics" for the HK BBB sector with regard to XYZ application and Research objective 2: to develop more knowledge on the innovation barrier factor of "firm characteristics" for the HK BBB sector with regard to XYZ application 

The primary research methods of questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview are to be used for the two main research objectives of this study.

References

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