Illustrative examples on the four ALRA deliverables for an academic-oriented dissertation project

Drawing on my study note on the research gap-translation exercise to firm up on a research gap idea, I present an example on each of the four agile literature review approach (ALR) deliverables for an academic-oriented dissertation project as follows:

Deliverable 1: a research gap-translation diagram:

For component C, the gross research gap position statement could be expressed in a clearer style as follows: the existing academic theories on the topic of innovation barriers, notably on AI adoption, do not offer a sufficiently usable set of conceptual tool to examine the observed AI adoption barriers in the HK BBB sector [as indicated in component A]. Such gross research gap position statement subsequently supports the formation of a number of research gap items as stated in the research gap-objective table (Deliverable 2).

Deliverable 2: a research gap-objective table:

Research gaps	Corresponding research objectives
Research gap item 1 (main): an inadequate empirical study of the internal innovation barrier of "owner/ manager characteristics" with regard to the HK BBB sector on AI applications.	Research objective 1 (main): to conduct empirical research in HK to gain more understanding on the internal innovation barrier of "owner/ manager characteristics" with regard to the HK BBB sector on AI applications.
Research gap item 2 (main): a lack of conceptual agreement in the academic literature on the internal innovation barrier of "firm characteristics", especially with regard to the HK BBB sector on AI applications.	Research objective 2 (main): to conduct empirical research in HK to gain more understanding (including conceptual agreement) on the internal innovation barrier of "firm characteristics", especially with regard to the HK BBB sector on AI applications.
Research gap item 3 (minor): Unclear academic methodologies for investigating the internal innovation barrier of "innovation project] cost/ ROI [evaluation]" especially with regard to the HK BBB sector on AI applications.	Research objective 3 (minor): to conduct empirical research in HK to inform the development of a methodology for investigating the internal innovation barrier of "[innovation project] cost/ ROI [evaluation]" especially with regard to the HK BBB   sector on AI applications.

Note: the core-focus-domain comprises the two main research objectives of 1 and 2.

Deliverable 3a: theoretical framework-A

Note: the illustrative example of theoretical framework makes use of the diagram obtained via Google search (re: the source). In actual practice, a customized theoretical framework should be the output of the idea synthesis effort from the research project student.

Deliverable 3b: the academic literature review tree

Deliverable 4: theoretical framework-B

A related reading: on the theory measurement unit of the theory-based research gap-translation process.