Exercise

Complete Exercise 1 and 2 (see dissertation topic):

DISSERTATION TOPIC: Why do stakeholders undervalue andmarginalize black entrepreneurships? / 
Transforming Stakeholders of blackentrepreneurships through strategic social marketing)

Exercise #1: Preparatory reading.
What is the function of the column headings in a ReviewMatrix? How are the column headings determined?
All sources appearing in the matrix should have apublication date. How should you integrate and use the 
publication date whileusing a review matrix?

What is the Rule of Rows and how does it help you abstractsource documents? What is the Rules of Columns 
and how is it applied to theReview Matrix?

If you added a new reference to abstract in your ReviewMatrix, should you also put a copy of the new article in the Source DocumentsSubfolder in the Documents Folder, as well as in a separate row in the ReviewMatrix?
What is a synthesis of the literature? Also, what is not asynthesis of the literature?

How can you adapt the PRISMA Flowchart to show how you mighttrack the number of documents from the beginning to the end of your review?
 
Exercise #2: Build the Review Matrix! This exercise willhave you:
collect numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and greyliterature publications;
reduce the collected peer-reviewed journal articles and greyliterature publications to approximately 20-25 
sources suitable to abstract inthe Review Matrix;
update the PRISMA Flowchart;
correctly name and store the sources in the Document andother folders; and
build the Review Matrix to prepare for writing themini-literature review.

Time to gather sources! Visit websites listed and collect awide swath of peer-reviewed journal articles and 
grey literature publicationshelping you better understand the big idea driving your dissertation which you 
created during Activity 1.
 
Make sure you:
 
Label each source document with the year of publication anda brief title.
Store all source documents in the Source Documents
Review the source documents for inclusion into the ReviewMatrix. In the case you reject a source document, add the reason for therejection to the documents title and place it into the Papers Not IncludedSubfolder, in your Documents Folder. Continue culling sources until you have agroup of 20-25 sources you want to use for your miniature literature review.
 
Update the PRISMA Flowchart. Modify the flowchart (Figure A1in the prospectus template) by filling in blanks with appropriate numbers. Theflowchart is easier to update as you find, cull, and organize sources!
 
Update the Review Matrix! Uconstruct and complete the Review Matrix using the 20-25 sources you want to 
use for your mini-literature review.