The market-leading textbook that offers clear, robust and pragmatic guidance on your dissertation or research project. Ranked as the most highly cited text in Business, Marketing, Accounting & Economics!

According to the Financial Times' Teaching Power Rankings (research by Open Syllabus) With over 500,000 copies sold, Research Methods for Business Students by Saunders, Lewis, and Thornhill is the definitive textbook for Business, Marketing, and Management students conducting a research-led project or dissertation. 

By taking a transactional approach, the textbook will help you choose your project through critically reviewing the literature and designing your research, answering key questions such as:

• How do I generate a research idea and design my research?How do I review the literature critically?
• Why is research philosophy relevant to my research?
• How do I collect and analyse my data?
• When and what do I need to write?
• How can I do research virtually?

This comprehensive guide to conducting research will support you step-by-step at every stage of the process, offering a wealth of thought-provoking features and activities, such as tips and tricks from other students' experiences on their research projects and a complete glossary of terms. It provides case studies, news, and articles based on the latest virtual and face-to-face methods, discussing how research is used in practice within organisations worldwide. Self-study prompts will further encourage you to apply what you have learned to your own research project.