{"id":25323,"date":"2023-07-24T22:43:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/understanding-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-cross-border-e-commerce-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T22:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:43:14","slug":"understanding-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-cross-border-e-commerce-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/understanding-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-cross-border-e-commerce-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the challenges and opportunities of cross-border e-commerce in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12pt 0cm; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>The research proposal should consider the<br \/>\nfollowing areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A definition and significance of the topic to be investigated; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The proposal\u2019s aim and key research objectives to demonstrate that<br \/>\nboth the aim and research objectives arise out of scholarly literature;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; 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line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Ethical considerations;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Bibliography that shows sources cited in the text<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The structure of the proposal will consist of the following:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Title<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Section 1: Introduction (including<br \/>\nrationale, title, aims and objectives) <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(approx.20% of the word count)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Section 2: Literature Review<br \/>\n(approx.35% of the word count)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Section 3: Methodology (approx. 35% of<br \/>\nthe word count)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Section 4: Ethical considerations<br \/>\n(approx. 10% of the word count)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; cursor: auto; 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