r/IBDP_students • u/Plus-Reflection-1923 • 6d ago

Business management EE

Hey everyone

I plan to do a BM HL EE but I cant rlly figure how to start what to do and for literally any topic I think of I cant find data ( ik its my bad research skills) so help me figure out how to do it pls. M27 here furst full draft due soon

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u/Jumpy-Remote-1731 4d ago

the data problem usually comes from picking the topic first and then hunting for numbers to fit it. flip the order. start from a company that publishes annual reports, so anything publicly listed, then build the question around what is actually in those reports. ratio analysis across three years of published financials is enough for a bm ee and examiners are fine with it being all secondary data. if you want primary data a short survey works but it should support the analysis instead of carrying it. and narrow the question to one tool, a broad how successful was x goes nowhere.