I need a research outline for a possible research paper for a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA). My area of interest is intra regional trade so I want to explore whether Supply Chain Financing can be used as a tool to boost intra regional trade and thus close Africa’s trade financing gap. I want to explore whether there is merit in a financial institution setting up a supply chain finance unit. Below is some information about what the outline should cover.Hello, many thanks for accepting my job. Please find below a few notes on what the research outline needs to cover.
1. A short introduction, a couple of paragraphs
2. Some background scholarly literature relevant to the research question (this is just to demonstrate that relevant literature exists)
3. A paragraph or so on aims and objectives

4. One major research question (you can add subsidiary research questions but they should explore aspects of the main research question)
5. Section on methodology, methods, data that will be used including whether permission/ cooperation from third parties would be required. Because this is a DBA rather than a PHD the research methodology should be the phenomenological approach plus interviews and questionnaires.
A list of references cited in the background literature
Ultimately I want to be able to demonstrate that a bank should set up a supply chain financing unit because supply chain financing can boost intra regional trade and thus close the trade financing gap that currently exists in Africa.