Consider a topic in the areas of strategic thinking, decision-making, or sustainable innovation that appeals to you, possibly even as a potential dissertation topic. The final assignment will be to create an annotated outline of a potential research project (about 4 pages), that includes a fully written literature review (at least 8 pages). Thus, the total project will include about 12 pages, of which about 8 will be your literature review.
Research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals only and write the paper in APA format and the assignment should be plagiarism free.
You will need at least 15 references for this paper. At least 12 should be from the last 4 years.
Grounding your topic in a real-world issue or problem will help you find a researchable niche. Pick from the below list, but make the topic YOURs by including a particular firm, industry, or population to create an original topic idea. Choose any one topic from the list below:
· The role of strategy in a [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry]’s quest for
competitive advantage.
· Competitive advantage, sustainable competitive advantage, competitive disadvantage,
and competitive parity [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
· Relationship between stakeholder strategy and sustainable competitive advantage [in a
named, specific firm, population, or industry].
· Stakeholder impact analysis [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
· Analysis, Formulation, Implementation (AFI) Strategy Framework used as a competitive advantage [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
· Role of strategic leaders and what they do [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].
The roles of corporate, business, and functional managers in strategy formulation and Implementation [in a named, specific firm, population, or industry].