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Modernizing the Academic Teaching and Research Environment

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The aim of this study is to equip students and professionals with vital knowledge to undertake a research, and provide them with an orientation tool to serve as a roadmap to success. This chapter provides a synopsis of the major stages of research study with an emphasis on the conceptual phase. It demystifies the research process and proposes a conceptual model for research planning and development.

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  1. Department of Business Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Section II, Lebanese University, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon

    Marie Karim Aboujaoude

  2. Department of Accounting and Audit, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Section II, Lebanese University, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon

    Khalil Feghali

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Section II, Lebanese University, Roumieh, Lebanon

    Charbel Kfouri

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  1. Marie Karim Aboujaoude
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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

    Jorge Marx Gómez

  2. Department of Banking and Finance, Arab International University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

    Sulaiman Mouselli

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Aboujaoude, M.K., Feghali, K., Kfouri, C. (2018). Planning the Research. In: Marx Gómez, J., Mouselli, S. (eds) Modernizing the Academic Teaching and Research Environment. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74173-4_2

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