Do we need to wait till May or Nov? Or, we can submit it before, if completed? (If yes, how much earlier can we?) (If no, is there any specific day for submission or a period?)

Can we give are own analysis as per our understanding which is not referenced to any website or document? does obu reject self analysis completely? Is it necessary to give definitions of all the ratios?

Hi, How to cite one source multiple time in 3 or 4 paragraphs ?

Please answer me that in my RR i was unable to find the reason for change in some of the ratios so i linked them with their subsets like gearing ratio reduced due to increased equity and reduced NCL.. So will it be fine or not i wil be penalized.. Please guide

Hi I have written email and several reminders to my request for confirming my affiliation with OBU unfortunately there is no response since 28 October. I would like to request for your quick response to the students who invested their time and money in OBU.

Hi Kate , my target company fiscal year end is in Jan ( Jan 2024 , Jan 2023 and Jan 2022) my chosen competitor company fiscal year end is in Dec ( Dec 2023 , Dec 2022 and Dec 2021) There’s only a one-month difference between their year-ends. Would it be acceptable to choose as the competitor company ?

Hi Kate, Is it acceptable to choose companies in the same industry that focus on different products, ? is it fine as long as they are in the same industry?

Do I need to give copies of my final Report, reference list and Skills and learning statement to my mentor, for his record.

My RAP & SLS files still remain 0 MB after 24 hours since 4/11/2024, is this normal?

Hi I need one clarification. The submission portal is asking for 6 documents. I have SLS, Excel, Research Report, List of References and Presentation, what do we have to upload in Appendices? Annual Reports? and is it mandatory to upload this 6th document?

Where to upload resubmission statement? In appendices?

I registered myself in May 2024, but i did not submit any file. Do i need to register again?

If i didn't give submission titles in turntin upload. File name is here but i didn't add paper title in sls upload So it will be Ok?

Hello Dr. Kate, i used grammarly for minor grammar correction and it shows in free websites that my content is AI generated. But my idea and content is original. Is it fine?

Do we need to include an abstract or RAP framework in the research report?

As a bursary winner, does anyone know what steps we need to take regarding payment? The process has been a bit unclear for me. I would really appreciate the help.

Greetings! I have charted/created the graphs in a different excel sheet and pasted the graphs into the excel sheet that I shall be submitting to OB. Is that acceptable?

Greetings! I have a few queries on Word Count as stated below: 1) I have used Smart Art facility in the Word and created two tables, which accounts to 100 words when counted manually. The Word does not count the words of the diagrams created through Smart Art. Therefore, do I need to the add the 100 words to my word count, or else shall I just ignore the words in those Smart Art diagrams? 2) If I add a List of Abbreviations in my Research Report after the conclusion, will it still be included in the 7,500 word count? Is inclusion of a List of Abbreviations recommended by OBU? 3) Would it be okay to assume a word count of 250 words in total for 40 graphs and 2 tables? If not, then what is the word count you suggest for the same? 4) Do I have to mention the Word Count in the Cover Page of the Research Report (Title Page/First Page), or is it not required? I hope to get a response from you at the earliest as the submissions are nearing. Thanking you in advance.

Hi can you please tell us regarding no date of publication. Are we supposed to use (author, n.d.a) "n.d" for no date? "abcd" if multiple times that author has been used? Thanks for your reply in advance.

Does one have to include their name in their Research Report?

Q4: In RR I was able to evaluate the financial performance of most of the ratios. But I could not find proper information about the two ratios, so I just described, interpreted and linked them with other financial statement figures. Is it ok or I will penalized for this and I should exclude these two ratios from RR?

Q3: Although I use the same type of graph in Excel sheets, Research Reports and PPT I use different presentation styles of graph each time. It's ok or there should be consistency

Q2: I used mainly black and dark colour backgrounds in the PPT. Does colour matter for grade and assessment criteria?

I just prepared my PPT, and have some confusion Q1: I used different background pictures from the internet. In the last slide just write a statement that "All images in this presentation are the property of their rightful owners and are used solely to enhance presentation quality; no copyright infringement is intended." Is this correct or not?

using Harvard style i inserted the URL while citing in the option given but the URL does not appear in the reference list ? What should I do ?

Is a high level of animation and professionalism showoff necessary and would be paid off OR simply slides with good presentations are accepted for A grade

I am so sorry again, I'm unable to reply to your comment, I am replying against your latest response on my comment. But the size difference between my new competitor and principal won't be a problem, right? I will surely give justification that my principal company has performed exceptionally well in the performing industry. However, considering the revenue and the market cap difference between the principal and new competitor won't be a problem, right?

Hello Kate, I am not sure whether it is a technical glitch but I am unable to see my response under your reply, so I am dropping a new comment. You said; "It looks like your company is not performing exceptionally well. I would suggest switching so that one of the competitors becomes the main company and your current company, the comparator. To which I am replying: Thank you so much for responding. The issue is that I have written the complete project and time is limited so now I don't have enough time to write again from scratch, and I need to submit the project for this intake. For the record, my principal company has performed exceptionally well-its margins are increasing-but so are my competitor's, and theirs are higher. I have switched to a different competitor company. My only concern is that the new competitor I’ve selected has recorded revenue of $53 billion, while my principal company has recorded revenue of $322 billion. Additionally, the new competitor has a market cap of $13.55 billion, whereas my primary company has a market cap of $50.86 billion. Given this, do you think it would still be a meaningful or healthy comparison?

Dear Madam may I know how many percentage of similarities is acceptable

For topic 5, in part 2, do we have to write advantages and disadvantages for models and business techniques other than limitations? Or is that optional or a fail criteria if not mentioned?

Hi i wanted to know, if i am submitting a project for nov 24 and the financial statement i selected FY ended in dec’23, how recent information can i include in my research report to explain the performance or selection of company etc? Can i include information published in the year 24 as well? Like if nvidia surpassed apple in market cap just yesterday, can i mention this too in my report although for 3 year performance i used FY that doesn’t belong to year 24.

In APA style, if there is no author, what should I replace in author name?

I had a terrible experience with my mentor therefore, I am here to seek professional advice. I have selected Topic 5. My principal company is the largest in its industry, with the highest revenue and exceptionally strong margins over the past three years. However, my competitor has outperformed it in profitability, and this is evident in the Excel graphs I've created, which show a stronger upward trend for the competitor. I attempted to find another competitor with lower performance in comparison to my principal company, but each alternative competitor also had better margins, though they generated less revenue. They are, however, more profitable than my principal company. I did find one company with lower margins than my main company, but its revenue is only $50 billion compared to my principal company's $322 billion-a significant revenue gap that seems to make a comparison inappropriate. Given these circumstances, what approach should I take?

For each ratio that I use in my financial analysis, do I have to start off by stating what it was in each year, for both the main and comparator organisation? For example, 'for Y Ltd, the net profit margin was 60% in 2021, 70% in 2022 and 80% in 2023'. Also, do I have to state what each type of ratio means and shows, before I start my financial analysis?

Does information that is written in the PowerPoint Presentation need to be referenced?

Does the contents page add to the word count? Thanks

Hi - how do we reference the financial statements of an organisation? Do we include a reference for each financial year?

Dear Dr. Kate, I have chosen a company that reports its financials in UAE Dirhams (UAE Dirhams), and I have chosen a comparator organization that reports its financials in Qatari Riyals (QAR). The exchange rate is 1 QAR = 1.008 AED. In that case, should I convert the comparator organization's financials into AED? Or should I just note that the exchange rate is insignificant in the relevant section in the RAP without having to actually convert the financials? Thank you.

Also for my ppt. If i use graphs prEpared from other sites showing stuff like market size, products etc... do i need to INCLUDE citation for them in my PPT. And have a ref. List for them since they arenot in the body of my RAP.

In our ppt. Do I have to have a reffernce list especially for the pictures that i took from various sources. And should this references be included in my reference list ( for my RAP) OR do i need to have a seperate doc for references like this.

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For my excel sheet, I included an extract of industry averages from a website and when i cited it in my work i refered it it as an appendix( from excel sheet). Should i include the reference in my reference list or I should include a textbook in my excel sheet . And also, for market prices( from site), which i also used in calculating some ratios . Should include this too in my reference list .

Hi, after producing my graphs in Excel, I pasted them in to my RAP as pictures in Word. Do the words in my graphs count towards my word count? Thankyou

Should the comparator be having strong ethical practices too

I am working on the new topic 13 which is not as data analysis intensive as others. I would like to know what would count as sufficient variety of formulae? Ten for example? More or less?

Is it okay for me to use one of the templates that comes in Powerpoint?

Supposing I write three separate sentences from an Annual Report of X Ltd. Should the reference be within the last sentence? e.g. (X Ltd, 2021). Or, should it be after the fullstop of the last sentence? e.g.(X Ltd, 2021)

I used a chapter of a book. This book was written by six people, however, this particular chapter was outrightly written by one person. But edited by all of them. Should I reference all six authors, or only the one who wrote the chapter?

Since we use the Harvard referencing style, do we have to include the Volume or Issue of the journal? Also, what if the page numbers of the journal are not indicated?

Supposing I write a paragraph that contains information from three annual reportsbof X Ltd, would this reference be correct: (X Ltd, 2021, 2022, 2023)?