A Research plan Contents of a Research Plan (suggested outline): 1. Motivation (why do you find it important to study the topic, theoretical & managerial motivation) 2. Topic area and specific research problem(s)/question(s) 3. Objectives of your research 4. Examples of important previous research articles on the topic and/or main theory to be used 5. Methodology (e.g. a literature review, case study, survey,…) 6. Tentative table of contents Possible reference list (for references used in the plan) Length approx. 2 pages To be returned by 10th October by email to markku.tinnila@aalto.fi (or to mycourses website)

Research Profiling Assignment, due 10th October by email to markku Research Profiling Assignment, due 10th October by email to markku.tinnila@aalto.fi Conduct a database search and make a 2-3-page report, applicable parts may be included in your thesis Select for analysis e.g. one popular theory (e.g. from the IS Theory pages http://istheory.byu.edu/wiki/Main_Page) or theme, or analyze your own topic if you are able to find a large enough amount of articles to be profiled (a meta- analysis is reasonable with some >150 articles) Use enough time for developing search words (synonyms, US/British differences, plurals etc.) You may also profile research that cite some seminal article Depict in your report the key (e.g. Top-10) authors, affiliations, journals, science categories, keywords, and yearly development etc. You may use screenshots from the statistics/tables/graphs, but you must summarize your findings in text also! You may also compare the results of equivalent search phrases from WoS and Scopus (Note: similar outlets, i.e. either journals or conferences or both should be selected) Detailed step-by-step instructions also to be found in https://mycourses.aalto.fi/pluginfile.php/186107/mod_resource/content/4/L2.pd f