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@bat7722 said:
Hi Trephena/EhsanHow do I refer industry sales’ graph considering I have plotted 2013-15 revenues on it but I have used 3 different sources to extract the information?
Couldn’t find info from single source.Can we do for example : (NYSE, 2015) (Statista, 2014) (Department of Transportation, 2013)?
Hi Trephena
Could you please advise on this?
ThanksHi Trephena/Ehsan
How do I refer industry sales’ graph considering I have plotted 2013-15 revenues on it but I have used 3 different sources to extract the information?
Couldn’t find info from single source.Can we do for example : (NYSE, 2015) (Statista, 2014) (Department of Transportation, 2013)?
1. Unless you are over the word count then markers do not seem to worry about the words in the graphs. However they do look at tables if they are pasted as images (and therefore not picked up by the word count) if there seem to be lots of these and/or been used to try to get round the word count. So you probably don’t need to worry
2. It is fine to use the hard copy as a reference but put in the page number in the text reference (which is the norm with anything over about 20 pages)
3. Sorry there is no polite way of putting this but your mentor is talking rubbish. There should however be a good balance of annual report and other sources in Part 3.
4. That is ok
5. I do not understand who you mean by ‘reviewers’ – do you mean markers? I would have thought that as there are submissions on most companies they have master copies of BS, P& Ls, ratios and graphs for the most common companies. They possibly test some ratios as they also test some references.
6. your reuters ref is much too vague – you need to link to the actual articles
Thank you so much for the detailed responses. Still need to understand few things here if you can please:
1. Should I include words in graphs in my declared word count or not?
2. I don’t have hard copies to some books, eg, I used a Wiley series book and Strategic Management for part2. I hope it is fine to refer, eg, Williams as: Williams, K. (2009). Strategic Management. 1st ed. New York: DK Publishing.
I don’t want to go in the trouble of finding soft copies on internet and give [online] links because books are not available online for free.
6. I have referred to the actual articles, the above was just an example. My concern is, it is ok to refer a Reuters article written by Zhang as (Zhang, 2015) rather than (Reuters, 2015) right? Does it make any difference?
@bat7722 said:
Hi TrephenaI have a few queries if you could please help me with them:
6. Wherever possible, I have referred sources such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Flight Global with the authors’ names
e.g., in-text citation as (Zhang, 2015)
and in list of reference as: Zhang, B. (2015). Why Emirates Won’t Buy Used Planes. Reuters [Online]. Available at: http://www.reuters.com (Accessed: 4 May 2017)Is this approach fine?
Hi Trephena
I have a few queries if you could please help me with them:
1. How do I cater to the words in graphs, do the graph legends count in word count too or just the titles of the charts? Also in our declared word count, should we include words in graphs or declare it without graphs?
2. I have used some books in my research project which I have with me as soft copies. But I am not able to find appropriate online source to them and my mentor is insistent that I should find them online and refer them accordingly to make the reviewers’ lives easier. Is it really that necessary? For example, I have also referred BPP P3 book that I have in hard copy, so I believe it does not matter really. Please advise.
3. My mentor told me using annual report in part 3 of the project is not allowed at all. Although I didn’t find any such guidance in the information pack, he is still insistent I remove annual report references. I went through somebody’s result report and it said “your report has a clear lack of referencing to company documents such as annual reports and accounts”.
Also I have not placed excessive reliance on annual report, just referred it like 9-10 times in the entire report. Is this ok?4. In my excel appendix, I have made single worksheet for P&L of both companies, my research company as well as competitor. Is this ok? Or should I separate them?
5. Do you think the reviewers check ratios calculations to some sort of numbers they have made up on their own or found from some other source?
Hi Trephena
I have been struggling with balance sheet ratios. Especially receivables/payables days etc. There just doesn’t seem to be any specific reasons for increase/decrease in receivables. What should we do?
Guys is there a way somebody could share their project on airlines as a sample please?