Process

Depending on the assignment, students will conduct research in teams consisting of at least two people. Every team will be supervised by a senior staff member and will be in close contact with your company.

Procedure

1. Desk Research

Students proceed with conducting desk research for their specific assignment as soon as objectives are determined. . During this stage, the team does company specific desk research and designs a detailed research plan, which includes action plans related to the organization’s objectives.

2. Field Research in Argentina

After the research plan is determined and the desk research is completed, students will visit Argentina in April / May 2012 for a five week period of field research. In this fieldwork phase, the research plan will be carried out. This includes interviews and visits to companies, universities, governmental institutions and other concerned entities to obtain information required for the research.

3. Data processing and analysis

After the field research has been completed, the students will return to the Netherlands to process and analyze the data.

4. Presentation

After analysis and processing, the findings will be formalized into a report. This report is presented to the concerned organization in July 2012.