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this is the description of it .Costello store is a food company that has already established in Ireland,but shes planning to go into the exporting and importing business,from Ireland to Nigeria . She also wanted to open a new shop in Nigeria when she starts the exporting and importing. So she wanted to Investigating factors affecting exporting and importing of food stuff so that she will know if it is what she can do. Although she have companies that is supplying to her here in Ireland, but she wanted to start supplying to other African shop and stop buying from her supplier.i have done my questionnairs and done literature review ,I have send my literature review to my supervisor and she ask me to make some changes that is bellow. I want you guys to use some of my work to write it.it need to start from scratch but I need some of my literature review work on it. I just need simple English
(Supervisor comments)Hi ,
With regards the Iiterature review, this needs some work. From a structural perspective, it needs an Introduction and Conclusion and Headed Sections throughout. The Sections all should deal with one point that is relevant to the topic, and each section should flow smoothly from one to the other. Currently it is one long document that is difficult to make sense of.
There are very few references in the document. For a literature review piece, I would expect to see a reference every one or two lines, so I am left wondering where all this information came from. If you use “” you need the page number of the quote in the reference.
Dissertation Questionnaire
Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Grace Osuachalla a student from Cork Institute of Technology, at present I am doing my Masters in International business in Cork Institute of Technology. In fulfillment of my dissertation I am required to research a certain topic. The topic I decided to research is ‘Investigating the Factors affecting the Exportation Food Products to Nigeria’. This Questionnaire is designed to help determine the most crucial factors that affect the exportation of food products in a specific country/market.
All data collected would be used strictly for educational purposes and held in complete confidence and discretion. Most of the questions are predetermined based on general factors that are deem critical to the success of the export program for a Small or Medium Enterprise. The idea is to survey various individuals who have direct experience distributing, supplying food products both perishable and none-perishable to one or more outlets in one or more countries outside of Ireland.
Due to the need to uphold the validity of the data collected and the need to also account for differences in region, individual persons or entities, attributes that might affect the conclusion from the survey, we will ask for specific personal information including age, race, position etc. The information is also supposed to come from experts in the field and therefore cannot be anonymous. However, you are not under duress or obligated to provide any information that will compromise you or harm your business.
That being said, I will be very grateful if you could complete the Questionnaire. Thank you in advance for the time and energy you invest in this hopefully it won’t take more than a few minutes.
The questionnaire can be completed online as well, and should only take several minutes of your time. I would be very grateful if you could complete within one working week.
Yours Faithfully
Grace Osuachalla
Your Full Name:
Age:
Relevance of this? (a few of the questions may reflect a view that is affected by age like person-to-person relationship building. Older more experienced individuals may excel or focus on this part more than the younger generation. Whereas, younger generation may rely on social media connections better).
Sex: Male or Female
Relevance of this? (Women & Men tend to observe things differently and that could affect the result since this is based on opinions)
Your Job Title: Your
Years of experience: (Age does not always reflect years of specialization in one field)
What country/countries do you operate? (Even though there is more focus now on Nigeria is good to know if the respondent has experience with multiple countries as this can influence the result).
Please rank the following statements by selecting the value that closely match your opinion based on your experience with each situation with 0 as the lowest and 5 the highest or if you have no opinion select that option? Would a ranking type of question be more appropriate for all these questions?
1. How important is it to research the local market for competition in Nigeria where the goods are to be exported?
o 0 {Not at all important}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very important}
o No opinion
2. How useful is it to know the culture of the people in Nigeria and what they want to see in the product they consume?
o 0 {Not at all useful}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very useful}
o No opinion
3. How much do cultural events and holidays affect the sales, delivery and buying habits of the customers in Nigeria?
o 0 {Not Much}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very much}
o No opinion
4. How much does the mode of transportation of the goods matter – i.e. road, rail, air or water in Nigeria?
o 0 {Not Much}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very much}
o No opinion
5. How important is it to understand the government policies and regulations both limitations and opportunities in Nigeria?
o 0 {Not at all important}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very important}
o No opinion
6. How important is it to build a good relationship and trust with potential local work force and/or business partners for the success of the exports to Nigeria?
o 0 {Not at all important}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very important}
o No opinion
7. How important is community outreach and integration for the success of exports in Nigeria?
o 0 {Not at all important}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very important}
o No opinion
8. How important is it to understand certain critical timing for the exports into the region in order to maintain schedule especially for perishable goods?
o 0 {Not at all important}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very important}
o No opinion
9. How important is it to operate in Nigeria even during natural disasters or even manmade conflict (opportunities or goodwill)?
o 0 {Not at all important}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very important}
o No opinion
10. How important is it to research the price people are willing to pay for specific products in the area?
o 0 {Not at all important}
o 1
o 2
o 3
o 4
o 5 {very important}
o No opinion
How would you rate the following statements/questions?
11. Government policies in Nigeria is easy to understand and the regulations are easy to meet in regards to import/export.
Completely disagree
Disagree
Somewhat disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Somewhat agree
Agree
Completely agree
12. How often does the government policies and regulations in Nigeria change? This will be country specific so how will you analyze the findings for all of these questions?
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always
No opinion
13. How would you rate the risk of dealing with a corrupt government official or authorities in Nigeria?
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always
No opinion
14. How would you rate your experience working with the local business partners and workers?
Not at all acceptable
Slightly acceptable
Moderately acceptable
Very acceptable
Completely acceptable
No opinion
15. How are cultural factors like religion, superstition, work ethic, language, negation habits likely to affect the exports?
Not at all likely
Slightly likely
Moderately likely
Very likely
Completely likely
No opinion
16. How often do delays occur in transportation of the goods due to one issue or another regardless of mode of transport (air, water, road, and rail)?
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always
No opinion
17. How often do natural disasters occur in the region that may affect exports?
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always
No opinion
18. Are you aware of any manmade disasters (wars, crime rate, etc.) or conflict in Nigeria that may affect exports?
Not at all aware
Slightly aware
Moderately aware
Very aware
Extremely aware
Do not want to answer
19. How would you rank these factors/risks in order of most important from 1 – 6 (just put the number at the end of each one {1} being most important and {6} being least important).
o Government policy document
o Financial risk, example fraud – corruption,
o Cultural issues – religion, race, superstitions, work ethic, language, communication and negotiation
o Delays in transportations
o Natural Disasters
o Manmade disasters – wars, community stability, religious conflicts,
20. Can you think of a critical factor that can affect the success of an export program for a Small or Medium Enterprise that I have not thought of during my research? Identified by who or what?
21. What advice would you give a Small or Medium Business Entrepreneur looking to expand their reach by handling the exports in House?
I guarantee that I will not use any name and addresses in the final report, or store any categories information using name and addresses. This will help to ensure that what you have said will not be traced back to you by any third parties.
The purpose and the nature of the study have been explained to me in writing.
I am participating voluntarily.
I understand that anonymity will be ensured and my identity will be disguised in the study.
I understand that he study may be published in a research journal and online.
Your signatures indicate that, having read the information provided above and you have decided to participate.
Signed___________________
Thank for taking part.
Yours sincerely Grace Osuachalla