WRITING TERM PAPERS AND BACHELOR'S FINAL THESES · Writing Term Papers and Bachelor’s Final...

VILNIUS UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

WRITING TERM PAPERS AND

BACHELOR'S FINAL THESES

Methodological guidelines

Prepared by:

Assoc. prof. dr. Asta Fominienė Assoc. prof. dr. Gražina Jatuliavičienė

Prof. dr. Lionius Gaižauskas

Vilnius, 2016

Vilnius University Faculty of Economics

Writing Term Papers and Bachelor’s Final Thesis. Methodological guidelines.

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Appproved in the meeting of the Council of the Faculty of Economics, minutes No. 190000/TP-01(154), 1

March 2016.

Translation to English was organized by Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University © Asta Fominienė, Gražina Jatuliavičienė, Lionius Gaižauskas, 2015 © Akademinė leidyba, 2016 © Vilniaus universitetas, 2016 ISBN 978-9955-33-688-4 (PDF)



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CONTENTS

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................................................................................................ 4

2. WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER ............................................................................................. 5

Approval of topics and academic advisors .................................................................................. 5

Consulting academic advisor ........................................................................................................ 6

3. STRUCTURE OF A RESEARCH PAPER ................................................................................. 7

The title page and the contents ..................................................................................................... 8

Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 8

Relevance of the topic .................................................................................................................. 8

The aim and the objectives ........................................................................................................... 8

Research methods ......................................................................................................................... 9

Body of the paper ........................................................................................................................... 9

Conclusions and proposals .......................................................................................................... 11

Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 11

4. CORRECT LANGUAGE AND GENERAL LAYOUT OF A PAPER .................................. 12

Language ....................................................................................................................................... 12

Typing and formatting ................................................................................................................ 12

Pagination ..................................................................................................................................... 12

Terms and abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 12

Tables and figures ........................................................................................................................ 13

A list of references and sources ................................................................................................... 14

Referencing and quoting in the text ........................................................................................... 15

5. PAPER DEFENCE, ASSESSMENT, AND STORAGE .......................................................... 17

Submission of papers for assessment and defence .................................................................... 17

Permission to defend the paper .................................................................................................. 17

Defence of theses .......................................................................................................................... 18

Assessment of theses .................................................................................................................... 19

Storage of theses ........................................................................................................................... 20

A LIST OF REFERENCES AND SOURCES .............................................................................. 21

Appendix 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 22

Appendix 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 23

Appendix 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 24



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1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

The procedures of writing, defence, and storage of term papers and bachelor's final theses for full-time first

cycle students of Vilnius University are prescribed by the Vilnius University (hereinafter: University)

Descriptor of Student Research Papers' Writing, Defence, and Storage Procedures (approved by Order No.

R-446, 17 11 2015). The aim of the methodological guidelines for the term papers and bachelor's final

theses (hereinafter: theses) of the Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University, is the introduction of the

undergraduate students in the Faculty of Economics to the specific requirements for the scope of the papers,

their structure, layout, as well as their defence and assessment.

Papers: student-prepared term papers and bachelor's final theses .

eLABa: Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library Information System which stores and provides

public access to research and study documents and/or their metadata. Those documents are uploaded

to the eLABa system, based on the Descriptor of the Procedure of Uploading Vilnius University e-

Documents to the Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library Information System, approved by Order

No. R-117, 31 03 2015, of the Rector of the University.

Electronic document: an e-file of a paper (a term paper) in the PDF format, to be uploaded to the

system (Vilnius University Study Information System (VUSIS)) and stored in it; an e-file of a

bachelor's final thesis, to be uploaded to the e-LABa (Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library

Information System).

Embargo period: a period of temporary prohibition in months from the defence of the final thesis

during which public access to the e-document is limited. The maximum possible duration of the

embargo period for final theses is 60 months. The decision on the embargo period is taken by the

Committee, given a student's reasoned request.

EPAS: an electronic plagiarism detecting system in which a computer check is carried out for plagiarism (independence in the development of bachelor's final theses).

Department: a branch academic unit of the Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University.

Committee: a Final Theses Defence Committee, formed on the proposal of the head of the unit

implementing the study programme and approved by the University Rector or his authorised Vice-

Rector, consisting of competent specialists in a relevant study field: researchers and academics,

practitioners, professionals, or representatives of social partners whose education or the activity of the

represented institution is related to the study field. The Committee is headed by chairman. At least one

member of the Committee (desirably the Chairman of the Committee) must come from another

research or study institution.

Metadata: a structurised description of the attributes, properties, etc., of an electronic document. Unit administrator: a staff member of the unit, appointed by the head of the unit and responsible for the management of the data, related to the studies implemented in the unit, in the system.

A fact of plagiarism: appropriation of another person's authorship, i.e. the presentation (use) of the

text, or part of it, of a copyright-protected object without reference to the actual author and source or

with inappropriate reference (non-compliant quoting/ false link).

System: Vilnius University Study Information System (VUSIS) in which e-documents and their

metadata are stored and processed.



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2. WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER

Undergraduate students of the Faculty of Economics are considered to have completed their studies after

having prepared and defended a bachelor's final thesis. A term paper is developed in a specified semester of

an undergraduate study programme. The differences between a term paper and a bachelor's final thesis can

be defined by quantitative and qualitative aspects.

The research papers are written in Times New Roman, 12-point font size, with 1,5 spacing between

lines. The characters in the paper are counted with spaces, while the appendices (and the footnotes) are not

included in the scope of the paper.

A term paper is an independent, qualifying analytical research paper which aims to reveal student's

ability to creatively, coherently, and comprehensively, given the limitations of time, information, and

experience, analyse relevant contemporary topics, apply appropriate theoretical methods, carry out empirical

research, and, based on the research findings, formulate conclusions and submit proposals. The scope of a

term paper is to be 20 to 25 pages (or 36,000 to 45,000 characters with spaces, excluding appendices).

A bachelor's final thesis is a research paper, independently developed by a full-time undergraduate

student, compliant with the requirements for university studies of an analytical character and witnessing

student's ability to apply the knowledge acquired during the studies, to find the necessary scientific literature

and to use it, to apply and/or modify research methods, to independently cope with the assigned tasks, to

submit one's own conclusions and /or recommendations, and to accurately describe the research in correct

language. A tentative scope of a bachelor's final thesis is 40 to 60 pages (72,000 to 108,000 characters with

spaces, excluding appendices). On the decision of the Study Programme Committee, a bachelor's final thesis

can be written by two students, in which case its scope should accordingly be 50 to 70 pages (90,000 to

126,000 characters with spaces, excluding appendices).

On the decision of the relevant Department, two students may be allowed to write one thesis; in that

case, the introduction of the paper should indicate which parts of the paper have been written by each co-

author.

The term paper and the bachelor's final thesis are assigned to analytical research papers. An analytical

research paper is one in which, by means of a scientific method, the degree of the topic investigation is

indicated, the research object is named, the aim of the paper, the objectives, and the methods are formulated,

justified research findings are presented, the conclusions are formulated and recommendations are provided,

followed by a list of references and sources. The paper is to be developed in compliance with the principles

of the Code of Academic Ethics of Vilnius University applicable to all the members of the academic

community of the University: the academic staff, students and attenders (hereinafter: students), and the

research and administrative staff. The paper is to be written in correct Lithuanian (except for the cases when

the programme is implemented and the paper is written in another language).

The author is solely responsible for the content and the quality of the paper. Papers of a smaller scope,

non-compliant with the present methodological requirements or developed not independently, shall not be

allowed to defend.

Approval of topics and academic advisors

The topics of the papers, by indicating the title, the academic advisor, and the number of students who can

choose the topic (either one or a group) are made public no later than within two weeks from the beginning

of the semester in which the paper is to be defended. The title of the paper shall be formulated by student,

based on the list of the topics proposed by the Department implementing the relevant study programme.

Student also has the right to propose a topic compliant with the field of the study programme. The chosen

topic is to be approved by the academic advisor. Students are to choose topics and register them in the

Department before March .1



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The topics of term papers and academic advisors shall be approved by the head of the Department

which implements the relevant study programme. The order on the student-chosen topics and academic

advisors shall be uploaded into the system by the unit administrator.

The topics of the final theses (by indicating the student writing the final thesis and the academic

advisor) shall be approved by the Dean of the Faculty of Economics. The Dean's orders on the topics of the

final theses, their authors, and academic advisors shall be uploaded into the system by the unit administrator

at least 2 (two) weeks prior to the beginning of the defence of the final theses of the relevant study

programme.

Consulting academic advisor

Within two weeks from the topic registration in the Department, student must contact the appointed

academic advisor. The advisor shall advise the student writing a paper on different methodological and

subject-specific paper-related issues. Consulting hours of academic advisors are made public in the website

of the Departments in charge of relevant study programmes.

The work plan, the writing process, and other paper-development related issues shall be discussed with

the academic advisor.

The periodicity and the ways of communication shall be decided upon by student and academic advisor

by mutual agreement. In the process of the paper development, student, before making any essential choices

in the paper, is to get the advisor's approval. The final version of the paper shall be submitted for the

advisor's assessment at least one week prior to the last day of paper registration specified in the Department.



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3. STRUCTURE OF A RESEARCH PAPER The character of term papers and bachelor's final theses, given the study programme, is chosen by

Departments, and students are informed about that. Term papers and final theses differ in their requirements

for the scope of the paper, its structure, paper uploading into systems, and paper presentation and defence

procedures. The principal characteristics of the development of term papers and bachelor's final theses are

presented in Table 1.

Table 1. The principal characteristics of term papers and bachelor's final theses

Term paper Bachelor's final thesis Theoretical Applied

Theoretical, applied, or a project-type

The scope of the papers

20–25 pages 20–25 pages 40–60 pages; 50–70 pages, when written by two students

The structure of the papers

The title page The title page The title page

Contents Contents Contents

Introduction Introduction Introduction

The body : 1. A theoretical part which

consists of a review and an

analysis of scientific literature

(the requirements for it comply

with the requirements for the

theoretical part of the

bachelor's final thesis: not less

than 15 sources of scientific

literature, including not less

than six scientific articles)

The body: 1. A theoretical part, based on a

review and an analysis of scientific literature (not less than 10 sources of scientific literature, including not less than 3 scientific articles)

2. Methodology of empirical research

3. Data analysis and a review of the findings (pilot research)

The body: 1. A theoretical part, based on a

review and an analysis of scientific literature (not less than 15 sources of scientific literature, including not less than 6 scientific articles)

2. Methodology of empirical research

3. Data analysis and a review of the findings (detailed authorial research)

Conclusions and proposals Conclusions and proposals Conclusions and proposals

Summary Summary Summary A list of references A list of references A list of references

Appendices Appendices Appendices

Uploading of papers

The paper is uploaded into the system. The report of the computer check

for plagiarism by the EPAS

plagiarism checker, as well as any

other computer check on student's

independence in the development

of the thesis, are to be presented.

The paper is uploaded into the system. The report of the computer check for plagiarism by the EPAS plagiarism checker, as well as any other computer check on student's independence in the development of the thesis, are to be presented.

The paper is uploaded into the system. The report of the computer check for plagiarism by the EPAS plagiarism checker, as well as any other computer check on student's independence in the development of the thesis, are to be presented. The paper is uploaded into eLABa. Warranty

Paper defence

On the decision of the Department in charge of a relevant study programme, the defence is organised either by the academic advisor or the Committee.

On the decision of the Department in charge of a relevant study programme, the defence is organised either by the academic advisor or the Committee.

The thesis is defended before the Committee.

Duration of the presentation

7 min 7 min 10 min



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Student shall prepare the paper in good faith and independently, on the basis of Vilnius University

Descriptor of Student Research Papers' Writing, Defence, and Storage Procedures and the present

methodological guidelines, without violating the Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and Related

Rights and by observing the Code of Academic Ethics of Vilnius University. The paper shall be seen as

prepared not independently in the cases when all the text or part of it belong to another author (when the

work, or part of it, are copied from other authors without references to them, i.e. the authorship is

appropriated); when the rules of quoting laid out in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and

Related Rights and/ or other legal acts are not observed; and when the rights of the third parties' to their

own creation are infringed. However, in the bachelor's final theses, students may use their own previously

written papers.

Students must confirm that their bachelor's final theses were prepared independently and in good

faith in a Warranty (see Appendix 1), to be filled in and submitted together with the paper for the

registration in the Department.

The title page and the contents Sample title page is presented in Appendix 2.

The contents part forms a primary opinion about the paper. The titles of some parts of the paper, such

as contents, introduction, conclusions and recommendations, a list of references and sources, or appendices,

are uniform in all term papers and are not numbered, however, the titles in the body of the paper are

individual and depend on the title of the paper, the aim, and the objectives (which are formulated by the

author of the paper).

Introduction The introduction discloses the essence of the paper in a succinct way. Its scope in a term paper is 1 to 2

pages, and in a bachelor's final thesis, 2 to 3 pages. The introduction shall include the discussion and

justification of the relevance of the analysed topic, the research object in the paper, the aims and objectives,

the applied methods, etc. From the introduction, its reader is to get a general view of the work done and

therefore the structure of the paper shall be briefly presented. The introduction may also name the

difficulties the author faced when writing a term paper.

Relevance of the topic

It is necessary to justify why the topic has been chosen for analysis, as well as the level of its novelty and

relevance, and to indicate the reasons of choosing that topic. It is necessary for the chosen topic to comply

with the specific study field and specialisation.

The relevance of the topic is to be disclosed in no more than 1 or 2 paragraphs.

The aim and the objectives

The aim of the paper laid out in the introduction is the most important item: it is to cover all the paper and

to define the final intended outcome. The aim is to be formulated by one sentence, and it is to comply with

the title of the paper and to reflect the chosen object. As the aim of the paper reflects the principal question

that the conducted research should provide an answer to, the objectives represent the intermediate

questions, and the answers to them lead to the aim of the paper. The objectives (3 to 5) detail the aim and

cover the principal analysed aspects, and respectively the main parts of the body of the paper.

When formulating the aim and the objectives of the paper, infinitives may be used, however, such

words as to learn, to describe, etc., should be avoided, as such an outcome is difficult to define or measure.

The aim and the objectives of the paper are to disclose the essence of the chosen topic. In the



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fomulation of the aim and the objectives, the infinitives of the verbs are recommended to use that define

not the activity, but the intended outcome, such as to assess, to establish, to substantiate, to compare, to

disclose, to prove, etc, e.g.: "The aim of the paper is to evaluate the impact of managerial innovations and

the opportunities of their development in a chosen enterprise".

The aim and the objectives of the paper should be oriented not only toward the implementation of a

certain formulated aspiration, but also toward its outcome. Thus, the formulation of an objective as "to

analyse the conception of entrepreneurship" would be inappropriate; an appropriate formulation would be

"upon analysing the conception of entrepreneurship as presented by different authors, to establish their

common properties". A formulation "to carry out a consumer survey" would also be inappropriate; an

appropriate formulation would be "upon carrying out a consumer survey, to establish the principal

drawbacks of the enterprise performance". The objective of the paper formulated in the latter way indicates

the outcomes expected from the planned activity. At the end of the paper, at least one conclusion compliant

with each formulated objective is to be provided.

Research methods

It is necessary to indicate the methods used to collect the information and to process the statistical data,

e.g., comparative analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, induction, deduction, systematisation, a

questionnaire survey, an interview, statistical analysis and interpretation, graphic modelling, and other

specific methods that are chosen, given specific research.

Body of the paper

The body of the paper is intended for the analysis of the chosen topic, therefore its structure has to be

organised in such a way as to achieve the aim set for the paper and to analyse or solve the objectives. The

text is to be coherent and reasoned, while excess information or subjective digressions should be avoided.

Students should clearly develop their ideas and justify the statements by references to, or quotations of,

other authors, or by presenting statistical data and the outcomes of calculations or research. The paper must

be prepared independently, i.e. any actions that may lead to accusations of plagiarism must be avoided, and

special attention must be paid to the appropriate use of other authors' thoughts, ideas, or published materials

taken from other sources. Whenever a statement of another author or source is used in the paper, even in a

rephrased form, it is necessary to use a reference to the original source. In case of quoting, the quoted text

is placed between quotation marks, and the reference to the original source is indicated in accordance with

the bibliographic description rules. Rewriting of entire paragraphs from the one source shall be avoided.

All the sources referred to in the text must be included in the list of references and, vice versa, all the

sources included in the list of references must at least once be mentioned in the text.

The computer check (EPAS) for plagiarism in the development of the paper in carried out after

uploading the paper into the system, and the report for the computer check is drawn up which indicates the

overlapping of the e-document with other documents as a percentage. The final decision as to whether the

paper was written independently is taken by the academic advisor after getting familiar with the report on

the check for plagiarism or by the Committee (when the paper is defended before the Committee) after

getting familiar with the submitted report of the computer check for plagiarism and, whenever necessary,

with the comments of the academic advisor of the paper. Upon the establishment of a fact of plagiarism, the

paper may not be defended, assessed, or made public, while the student is sanctioned as prescribed by the

Study Regulations and /or the procedures laid out in other University legal acts.

Each chapter is to end with a short summary. The titles of chapters, subchapters, sections, and

subsections are to reflect the essence and the content of the text as precisely as possible, moreover, they are

to be short and clear. The titles should not repeat, and the titles of the parts of the body should not repeat

the title of the paper. The body of the paper is to consist of no more than two or three chapters, with each of

them subdivided into sub-chapters or, whenever necessary, into a smaller units. However, it is not

reasonable to make the sections too small: each subchapter, section, or sub-section is to be no smaller than



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1,5 pages.

Term papers may be of a theoretical or an applied character. When the term paper is of a theoretical

character, it shall be developed as the theoretical part of a bachelor's final thesis. The term paper of an

applied character is to have all the principal parts required in a bachelor's final thesis: a theoretical part (a

review and analysis of scientific literature and the empirical research methodology) and the data analysis

and findings parts.

The theoretical part (a review and analysis of scientific literature) is to include scientific

substantiation of the analysed topic, i.e., based on the plan of the paper, the opinions of different

researchers are to be summarised. Different theories and conceptions shall be not merely described; they

must be analysed, compared, and evaluated. In that part, the chosen topic-related scientific works are to be

discussed and summarised, positive and negative aspects of the opinions of different authors are to be

highlighted, and a personal view on the issue in question is to be presented. In the development of that part,

it is necessary to summarise the ideas of different authors on the analysed subject, to highlight the

concurring or differing opinions, and to present one's own opinion on the issues relevant to the paper.

The part shall be developed by studying the latest (preferably no older than 10 year-old) scientific

literature of Lithuanian and foreign authors on the subject in question. In a term paper, students are

recommended to present the summary of that part after analysing not less than 10 scientific sources:

textbooks, books, teaching aids, dictionaries, specialised encyclopaedias, scientific monographs, Lithuanian

and foreign conference proceedings, or articles from scientific journals (at least 3 articles published in

scientific journals). In a bachelor's final thesis, the summary is to be based on the analysis of not less than

15 scientific sources, including at least 6 articles published in scientific journals. Appropriate literature can

be found through the books, journals, and e-sources (the subscribed databases, dictionaries, etc.) in the VU

library or MKIC (Science Information and Communication Centre), see http://www.mb.vu.lt/istekliai/). To

have access to e-resources at home, VU students can use the VPN service that provides secure access to the

e-sources of the VU e-Library.

The part shall cover 40% of the paper (and in the case of an applied term paper, a theoretical term

paper, and a bachelor's final thesis, it shall cover the entire paper). In fact, the development of that specific

part is to prove the necessity of the student's research and the student's good theoretical preparedness to

conduct such research. Whatever does not matter for the research or does not reflect the theoretical

preparedness of the student, is unnecessary in that part.

The situation evaluation part (recommended to be integrated into other parts of the paper). That

part is to define the situation of the analysed subject in Lithuania and/or in other countries or the situation

of an enterprise in question in the context of the topic of the paper. Thus, e.g., if the theoretical part of the

paper was devoted to the phenomenon of entrepreneurship and its consideration in the field of science, that

part should characterise the entrepreneurship policy in Lithuania, its prevalence, etc. The subchapter could

be developed on the basis of the statistical information, legal acts, etc.

The empirical research methodology (that can be integrated into the data analysis and findings

part). That part is to name the aim and objectives of the research which detail the aim and the objectives of

the paper. Moreover, the part is to substantiate the organisation and conducting of the empirical research, to

describe the research methods (quantitative and /or qualitative), to detail the research instruments (e.g.,

development of a questionnaire), and to justify the sample that shall ensure the research validity.

The data analysis and findings part (compulsory for applied term papers and bachelor's final

theses). That part of the paper shall disclose the situation of the analysed enterprise and /or sector in detail

and shall analyse and evaluate the research findings. It should be noted that, in the case of an applied term

paper, it will be sufficient to present the findings of the pilot research, while in the case of a bachelor's final

thesis, it is necessary to conduct authorial empirical research. In that part, it would be appropriate to include

a summarising research section, i.e. an overview of the main research findings.

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Conclusions and proposals

The conclusions, based on the completed research and without repeating the summaries under each chapter

of the paper, shall present the main research findings. It is not advisable to present the conclusions as a

summary of the body of the paper. Thus, e.g., in case the objective "upon the analysis of the conception of

entrepreneurship in the works of different authors, to establish their common characteristics" was

formulated in the introduction, the conclusions should demonstrate the common characteristics that were

established. Again, if the paper intended "upon conducting a consumer survey, to establish the principal

drawbacks in the company's consumer service", the conclusions should name the identified drawbacks of

the service.

Proposals are to follow the conclusions. Proposals (recommendations) are to be specific, rational,

and realistic, and the ways of their implementation shall be proposed. Student shall sign under the

conclusions and proposals.

Conclusions and proposals are recommended to be individually numbered.

Summary The summary should not exceed 1 page (up to 2,000 characters) and shall be written in a correct foreign

language (SUMMARY in English, ZUSSAMENFASSUNG in German, or RÉSUMÉ in French). It shall be a

brief, however, comprehensive presentation, with emphasis placed on the main findings and the

significance of the research. The summary shall reflect the relevance of the topic, the aims and objectives

of the paper and the research, the research methodology, the main research findings, and the principal

conclusions and proposals.

Appendices

The appendices present valuable auxiliary materials to complement the paper (examples of questionnaires

and interviews, the survey data, directive and normative documents, detailed tables and figures,

illustrations significant for the term paper, however, not included in its parts, etc.)



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4. CORRECT LANGUAGE AND GENERAL LAYOUT OF A PAPER

Language

The paper is to be written in correct Lithuanian (except for the cases when the study programme is

implemented and the paper is written in a different language). The language of the paper must be clear,

coherent, and correct and has to reflect student's ability to use an appropriate scientific proze style and to

logically proceed from one issue to another. The paper shall not contain grammatical, proofreading,

stylistical, or other mistakes. Authors of the papers must observe methodological clerical rules, as well as

the requirements for bibliographic references and the drawing up of lists of references in academic and

research papers.

Typing and formatting

The contents of the paper, the introduction, the chapters, the summary, the list of references, and the

appendices – all those parts shall start on a new page. The text shall be typed in a quality way. It shall be

typed on one side of a white, smooth A4(210 x 297 mm) size sheet of paper, in Times New Roman, 12-

point-font size, 1,5 spacing between the lines. Margins shall be left in compliance with the Normal option

of the Microsoft Word programme: at the top and the bottom, 2 cm, the left margin, 2,5 cm, and the right

one, 1,5 cm. On the title page, the author's name and the title of the paper shall be typed in Times New

Roman, 14-point-font size, and the title made bold. The footnotes shall be typed in Times New Roman, 10-

point-font size, and the lines single-spaced.

The spaces between words are to be single, indents on the left and right, and the spaces between the

text symbols and after them, of the usual size (0pt). The text alignment in all the paper is centered, except

for the title page. The first paragraph of each part of the paper shall be written with the first word on the left

indented 1 cm. Individual words in the text can be highlighted, made bold, or underlined, however, the text

should not feature too many ways of word highlighting.

Pagination Pages in the paper shall be numbered continuosly from cover to cover, including appendices (the title page

shall not be numbered). The numbers shall be written in Arabic numerals in the middle of the top or bottom

of the page or on its right side.

The contents, the introduction, the chapters, the conclusions and proposals, a list of references, a

summary in a foreign language, and appendices start on a new page. Only the main chapters and

subchapters of the body of the paper shall be numbered. The title of each chapter shall be written in capital

letters or highlighted, and the subchapters shall be separated by single spacing. At the end of the chapter

and subchapter titles, no punctuation marks shall be used.

In case a paper has appendices, the page numbering remains continuous. If there are more than one

appendix, they shall start on a separate sheet titled APPENDICES. All the appendices in a row are arranged

in accordance with the numbering (the numbers are indicated in the upper corner of the page, at the right-

hand margin (Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.

Terms and abbreviations

Provided the paper contains specific terms, they are to be explicated/discussed in the text. In case the terms

do not have universally accepted equivalents in the Lithuanian language introduced in published scientific

works, in the text, they shall be immediately followed by the terms in the original language in parentheses,

e.g. antreprenerystė (Engl. entrepreneurship)<...>.



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Such widely spread abreviations as EU, WB, USA, WTO, JSC, can be used in the text, however, less

frequent or individually used long names or terms shall first be explicated, and then referred to by

abbreviations. First a full name is used, and after it, an abbreviation is introduced in parentheses, e.g. <...>

small and medium business (hereinafter: SMB) <...>. Commonly used or the author's proposed

abbreviations can be used in the text of the paper (except in the title of the paper, the contents, and the titles

of the chapters and subchapters).

Tables and figures

Tables and figures are to be numbered by Arabic numerals and have captions (titles), after which no

period is used. The tables and figures are numbered individually. They shall be inserted in the text after

the paragraph in which they are referred to (e.g., Table 1 or Fig. 1). At each table and figure, their authors

and sources are indicated.

Tables and figures shall not be scanned; they shall be drawn by the author of the paper, contain

clearly legible texts, and be rather comprehensive.

The numbers and captions of the tables shall be placed above the tables (and the reference to the

source either above or below the table), and of the figures, below them ( the reference to the source only

under the caption), and they are centered.

The numbering in all the paper shall be continuous (e.g., Table 1 XXXXX, Fig. 1XXXX) up to the

appendices.

Examples of tables:

Table 1. Business incubation dimensions in works of foreign authors (compiled by the

author, based on the sources referred to in the table)

Business incubation conception Authors

The process that influences and promotes business development

Hannon (2005); Thompson (2007); Ndabeni (2008); Hamdani et al. (2008)

The method that allows start-ups survive their first year of operation

Bøllingtoft, Ulhoi (2005)

The programme that promotes involvement in business Hamdani (2006)

The environment in which a unique and flexible complex of business development processes, services, infrastructure, and human resources is developed

Hannon (2005); Szabo (2006); Voisey, Gornall (2006)

The principal component of the strategy of regional and national economic development

Voisey, Gornall (2006); Szabo (2006)

The numerical information shall be presented in tables. When presenting absolute indicators, the units of their measurement shall be named (e.g., euros, Litas, tons, items, etc).

Table 2.The main indicators of Lithuanian economic and social development over the period

of 2011 to 2015

Indicators/ years 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Gross domestic product in accordance with prices (mln. Litas)

xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Changes in the GDP (%) xx,x x,x x,x x,x x,x

Unemployment rate (%) xx,x xx,x x,x x,x x,x

Inflation (compared to December of the previous year ) (%)

x,x x,x x,x x,x x,x

(The source: The main indicators... 2016) The illustrations presented in the paper (diagrams, graphs, schemes, photos, and other visual materials) are



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called figures: they are abbreviated to Fig. and followed by a number, e.g. Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc.

An example of a figure:

Fig. 1. A model of corporative responsibility (source: Matkevičienė, 2010, p. 59)

When a table or a figure in the theoretical part of the paper is compiled by the author, references must be

made to the literature or the sources that served as a basis for the illustration, e.g.: (source: compiled by the

author, based on Johnson,2009; Petrikas, 2014; Jonaitis, 2015).

When in a table or a figure of the empirical part a reference to the information obtained in an

enterprise is made (e.g., on the structure of their production or financial indicators), one shall indicate:

"source: compiled by the author, based on internal data of the SC X ". In the illustrations to the conducted

research, the reference shall be presented in the following way: "source: compiled by the author, based on

the conducted research".

The sizes and intervals used in tables and figures may differ from those presented in the text of the

term paper. In larger tables, information can be presented in one spacing, 10 point-font size, and in more

complex figures, 9 to 10 point-font size. Tables and figures shall be compact and take up not more than one

page. Large tables or figures should be presented as appendixes, with references to them made in the text,

e.g., (see App. 1).

Visual materials (tables and figures) shall be merely commented upon (discussed) in the text, and the

information provided in them shall not be repeated. A chapter or a subchapter shall not end with a table or a

figure.

A list of references and sources

The list of references and sources shall only include the scientific litterature and the sources used (read and

analysed) by the author when developing the paper and referred to in the text. The list shall not include

lecture notes or yet unpublished articles. The use of an online daily Delfi or similar news portals, as well as

the source of Wikipedia, is not recommended, unless the primary sources quoted in them are found and

analysed.

The list of references and sources in books, articles, e-sources, etc., shall be made in the language of

the original, 10 point-font size, and numbered in the order of the Latin alphabet by the authors' surnames

(or the title of a piece of literature or a source when the author is not indicated), e.g.:

1. Books (the title of the book shall be italicised):

Laudon, K., Laudon, J. (2016) Essentials of MIS (12th edition). Pearson Education.



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2. Articles from published monographs or serials (the titles shall be italicised):

Ubrežiovį, A., Ubrežiovį, I., Horskį, E. (2012). The Corporate Social Responsibility: The Case Study of the

Water as a Strategic Commodity for Future. In SMEs’ Management in the 21st Century – Challenges and

Solutions. Monograph (group of authors). Czestochowa: Publishing Section of the Faculty of

Management,Czestochowa University of Technology, p.352–362.

3. Articles in journals or conference proceedings: (the title of the journal shall be italicised)

Mbaiwa, J. E. (2011). Changes on Traditional Livelihood Activities and Lifestyles Caused by Tourism Development in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol. 18, No. 5, p. 635–656.

Jatuliavičienė, G., Mačerinskienė, A. (2012). New Concept of Tourism Product: Matching Supply Aspects.

Business and Management 2012: 7th International Scientific Conference, May 10–11, 2012, Vilnius,

Lithuania: Technika, 2012, p. 373–379.

4. Legal acts and other legal documents:

Republic of Lithuania Company Law (as last amended 24 09 2014). No. VIII-1835. Official Gazette, 2000. No. 64–1914.

5. Electronic documents (the title of the document shall be italicised)

Understanding Tourism: Basic Glossary. World Tourism Organization UNWTO. Retrieved from: http://media.unwto.org/en/content/understanding-tourism-basic-glossary (viewed on 19 January 2015).

Europos komisijos komunikatas 2020 Europa. Pažangaus, tvaraus ir integracinio augimo strategija.

Retrieved from: http://ec.europa.eu/lietuva/documents/skelbimai/2020m_europa.pdf (viewed on 12

January 2015).

6. Internal documents of organisations:

Customer Service Standard (2015). Approved by minutes No. 9, 1 December 2014, of the Board of XXX Company.

7. Sources of statistical information:

Lietuvos, Latvijos ir Estijos ekonominė ir socialinė raida 2014//2 (2014). Vilnius: Lietuvos statistikos departamentas.

Gaminių gamyba 2013 - Production of commodities 2013 (2014). Vilnius: Lietuvos Statistikos departamentas

Lietuvos statistikos metraštis 2014 (2014). Vilnius: Lietuvos statistikos departamentas.

Referencing and quoting in the text Paraphrased (not literally re-written) statements of other authors, classifications, as well as tables, figures,

data, formulas, and statistical data must be presented with references to the original source which would

allow reader identify in the list of references and sources a publication or another document used by the

author in the development of the paper. The author of the paper shall be considered as the author of all the

statements, classifications, definitions, formulas, tables, and figures presented without references.

References can be integrated into the sentence, e.g. To quote Johnson and Stevens(2014), the

conception is..., or In accordance with Jonaitis (2015)... , or otherwise they can be presented in parentheses

at the end of a sentence or classification, with the authors' names separated by a semicolon, e.g. (Johnson,

Stewens, 2014; Jonaitis, 2015).

When it is necessary to make a reference to a work of more than three authors (Held, D., Mcgrew A.,

Goldblatt, D., Perraton, J. (2006). Globaliniai Pokyčiai: Politika, Ekonomika ir Kultūra. Vilnius: Margi

raštai.) included in the list of references, the reference shall be as follows: Held ir kt. (2006). When a work

of more than three authors is included in the list of sources in a foreign language, it is referred to in the text

http://media.unwto.org/en/content/understanding-tourism-basic-glossary

http://media.unwto.org/en/content/understanding-tourism-basic-glossary

http://ec.europa.eu/lietuva/documents/skelbimai/2020m_europa.pdf



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as Smith et al. (2012).

When in the list of references and in the text of the paper references are made to several different

publications of the same author published in the same year, the latter should be distinguished by adding

letters a, b, c, etc., after the year of publication, e.g. Most Lithuanian researchers agree on the significance

of that theory... (Petrauskas, 2012 ; Jonaitis, 2014a; 2014b; Antanavičius, 2015).

Whenever a publication or an online source is used that does not indicate an author, the first three

words of the title and dots are used, followed by the year (when it is indicated), e.g. 5 reasons for success

and failure of SMEs in export markets. Retrieved from

http://therightsocialmedia.novertur.com/international-trade-2/5-reasons-success-export-markets/ (viewed

on 29 January 2015). In the text, the source is referred to as follows: (5 reasons for…, 2014).

In the list of references and sources, one shall not indicate an Internet source which refers merely to

the main web page, e.g. (http://www.zpienas.lt/). It is necessary to specify a particular page which contains

the used information, e.g. Technologies. Žemaitijos pienas, SC. Retrieved from http://www.zpienas.lt/apie-

kompanija/technologijos (viewed on on 14 April 2015). The reference in the text is as follows:

(Technologies. Žemaitijos pienas...)

Quatations in the text should be used moderately and should be related to the development of the

essential ideas; they are usually included to refer to an authority and/or to question the opinion expresed in

the quotation. It is advisable not to abuse rewriting. Only published or otherwise made public works can be

quoted. Quotations should be verbatim and should not be too long. In a continuos quotation, the quoted text

is written in italics between quotation marks, and at the end of the quotation, the original source and the

number of the page are indicated. When a word, several words, or a sentence or several sentences are

ommited, the omissions are indicated by the symbol <....>, e.g.: As advised by Janonis, " when one

document is quoted for several times, <....>it is necessary to indicate the specific page of the quotation"

(Janonis, 2005, p. 47).

In the development of a paper, students are advised to use primary (original) sources. When

quotations are taken from a secondary source, i.e. the statements of a specific author are indicated or quoted

from the work of another author, it is necessary to specify that secondary sources were used, e.g.:

Antanavičius (2015) points out (as quoted in Chomsky, 2006, p. 48) that " it is easy to guess who will

benefit from the integrated global economy: it is <...> the field of action of American international global

economic institutions" The secondary source (Chomsky (2006) shall be the reference included in the

reference list.

http://therightsocialmedia.novertur.com/international-trade

http://therightsocialmedia.novertur.com/international-trade

http://therightsocialmedia.novertur.com/international-trade-2/5-reasons-success-export-markets/

http://www.zpienas.lt/apie-kompanija/technologijos





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5. PAPER DEFENCE, ASSESSMENT, AND STORAGE

Submission of papers for assessment and defence Papers and their metadata are to be uploaded into the system for storage. An e-document of the paper and

its metadata shall be uploaded into the system by student using the access provided to him not later than the

last day of the paper submission set by the Department.If the work fails to be uploaded, it may not be

defended or assessed. After student uploads the e-document into the system, the unit administrator shall

over the time limit set by the Department, but not later than 5 days before the beginning of the defence of

the bachelor's final theses of the relevant study programme, confirm in the system that the uploaded and

described paper meets the set requirements (an appropriate format, and the summary and other metadata

filled in correctly).

Student shall submit a properly prepared paper, written and typed in correct language, for assessment

or defence in compliance with the deadline and the procedure set by the Department in charge of a relevant

study programme (the final thesis together with a Warranty (see Appendix 1)), but not later than 5 (five)

days prior to the beginning of the defence of the final theses. The submitted paper shall be immediately

registered in the Department.

Permission to defend the paper The procedure of the term paper submission for defence and the deadline shall be set by the Department in

charge of a relevant study programme. In cases when the term paper is to be defended before the

Committee, the submission of the paper for defence shall follow the procedure of submission of bachelor's

final theses for assessment, described in the present guidelines.

Bachelor's final theses may be defended only by the students who have completed the whole study

programme. The final thesis may be defended after the academic advisor decides that it is properly

prepared, written in correct language, meets the set requirements, and may be defended. Before taking the

decision, academic advisor must get acquainted with the report on the computer check for plagiarism by

means of the EPAS computer checker and all the information of computer checks for independence in the

paper development. The decision on the independence in the development of the paper shall be taken by

academic advisor after getting acquainted with the information of the computer checks.

Provided a fact of plagiarism is established, the paper may not be be defended, assessed, or made

public. In such cases, a sanction is imposed upon student in the order prescribed by the Study Regulations.

Student shall be informed whether he is permitted to defend his paper not later than 4 (four) days prior

to the beginning of the defence of the papers of a relevant study programme. The decision of the academic

advisor of the bachelor's final thesis on the permission to defend the said thesis shall be confirmed by his

signature on the title page of the Warranty (see Appendix 1).

The Dean of the Faculty of Economics shall by his order permit the defence of the bachelor's final theses that meet the following conditions:

1. the thesis was uploaded into the system;

2. a printed thesis was submitted to the Department and was registered in it;

3. the academic advisor permitted the defence of the bachelor's final thesis.

In case academic advisor decides that the thesis was prepared inappropriately and may not be defended,

or if he refuses to accept the thesis because it was prepared without his participation, student has the right

to apply to the Theses Defence Committee with a request to be permitted to defend the thesis. The request

and the thesis are to be submitted no later than 1 (one) day after student was informed about the decision of

his academic advisor not to permit the defence or the refusal to accept the thesis. Upon having considered

student's arguments, the Committee decides whether student shall be permitted to defend the thesis.



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The head of the Department, based on the procedure set by each individual Department, not later than 3

(three) workdays prior to the defence of the bachelor's final theses shall appoint a reviewer who then is

handed over the thesis. The information about the appointed reviewer shall be uploaded into the system by

the unit administrator not later than 1(one) day prior to the theses' defence

A written review of the thesis and the conclusion whether it complies with the requirements laid out in

the descriptor of student research papers development procedures and methodological recommendations, as

well as the proposed grade, shall be submitted by the reviewer to the Committee and the student not later

than 1 (one) day prior to the thesis defence. The Department in charge of the relevant study programme

decides on what part of the review content can be seen by the author of the thesis. A sample form of a

review of a bachelor's final thesis is presented in Appendix 3. The Departments in charge of different study

programmes may develop and confirm their own review forms in compliance with their study programmes.

Defence of theses

In case academic advisor recommends to defend his student's thesis, he signs the title page of the paper.

Before the thesis is assessed, a computer check is carried out for plagiarism. In compliance with the

deadline which was made public, the thesis with the academic advisor's signature is to be submitted to the

Department and registered. The thesis defence takes place during the exam session (before the end of June).

An exact data of the theses presentation and defence is made public on the web page Information for

Students of the Department in charge of a relevant study programme during the semester of the theses

development.

The Department in charge of a relevant study programme decides on the term works defence

procedure: a term work is defended either before the academic advisor, who then grades it, or before a

committee. When the Department in charge of a relevant study programme decides that term papers shall

be graded by academic advisors, it develops and adopts a respective procedure. When term papers are to be

defended before the Committee, the procedure of the defence and assessment takes place in compliance

with the procedure of the defence and assessment of bachelor's final theses. An overdue or failed to defend

paper is an academic debt to be settled in the order prescribed by the University Study Regulations.

The time period between the paper submission to the Department (its registration in the Department)

and the defence date is intended for its review; a reviewer shall be appointed by the head of the Department

in charge of a relevant study programme. A written review and a proposed grade shall be submitted by the

reviewer to the Department or to the Bachelor's Final Theses Defence Committee.

The defence of theses shall be public and take place in a Committee meeting. The thesis together

with a Warranty (see Appendix 1), in which academic advisor has confirmed his permission for the paper

to be defended, a printed report on the computer check for plagiarism, and a review (see Appendix 3) shall

be submitted by the Department to the Committee not later than on the day of the thesis defence.

At the request of the academic advisor of the bachelor's final thesis, the head of the department or of

the unit, or the head of the Study Programme Committee, a bachelor's final thesis whose findings shall not

be made public can be defended in a closed Committee meeting. In that case, the Committee shall

announce a closed part of the meeting. Closed defence of a bachelor's final thesis may also be organised at

the request of an institution where the thesis was prepared, in case the thesis contains sensitive (secret)

data. An institution that requests closed defence shall apply to the Dean of the Faculty in writing no later

than 1(one) month prior to the beginning of the bachelor's final theses defence set for the relevant study

programme. Upon agreement with the Dean of the Faculty and the head of the Committee, the permission

to have closed defence is formalised by the Dean's order. In that case, at the request of the institution that

wishes closed defence, the place of the defence, the composition of the Committee, and the reviewer are

agreed upon. Not less than half of the closed defence Committee members shall consist of the University

staff. The defence meeting, except for the Committee members and the student, may be attended by the

academic advisor of the thesis and its reviewer. Whenever necessary, the participants of the closed defence



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shall sign a confidentiality agreement.

During the defence, the author of the bachelor's final thesis shall briefly present the paper, identify its

aim and objectives, shortly characterise the research object, disclose the findings, discuss the validity of the

applied methods, introduce the conclusions and provide recommendations, and answer to the questions of

the Committee members. For the defence of the thesis, students shall prepare a presentation (preferably in

MS PowerPoint) which should not exceed 10 minutes.

Presentations shall be uploaded to the computer before the beginning of the defence meeting;

students are advised to check that they are able to open their presentations and that the slide design allows

to clearly see the text, figures, and tables. The presentations shall consist of approximately 10 to 12 slides

(the text, tables, and figures that were presented in the text of the thesis), e.g. (as recommended): (1) the

title slide (the topic, the author, and the academic advisor), (2) the relevance of the thesis, (3) the aim,

objectives, and the research object, (4-5) the slides of the theoretical part; (6) the research aim, objectives,

and methods, (7) the justification of the research sample, (8-10) research findings, and (11-12) conclusions

and recommendations. The slides in the presentation are to be prepared in a quality way (not to contain too

much text, small font is not advised, placing of multiple figures or table in one slide should be avoided,

etc.) During the defence, the analysed topic should be presented by simply speaking, and not literally

reading the text in the slides. The tables and figures should be briefly commented upon to disclose the

essence of the defended paper. Upon exceeding the time allotted for the disclosure of the essence of the

thesis, the Chair of the Committee, after a preceding warning note, has the right to terminate the

presentation.

During the defence, the approved topic of the bachelor's final thesis shall not be questioned. After the

student's presentation and answers to questions, the reviewer shall present his opinion about the thesis; in

case he can not attend the meeting, his written review shall be read by the Chair of the Committee.

Provided the academic advisor of the thesis and /or its reviewer are members of the Defence Committee,

they may not vote when the Committee take decision on the final grade for the thesis advised or reviewed

by them.

Assessment of theses

In the first meeting of the Committee, its members shall discuss the assessment system for bachelor's final

theses. In the process of the theses assessment, the members are advised to take into account the thesis

defence itself, the answers of the author to the questions of the reviewer, the members of the Committee,

and other people who attended the public defence of bachelor's final theses, the grade proposed by the

reviewer, the correctness of the language of the bachelor's final thesis, as well as other Department-

established assessment criteria.

Each bachelor's final thesis shall be assessed by each member of the Committee, and later an average

final grade is derived from the grades proposed by the Committee members. Provided the academic advisor

of the thesis and/or its reviewer are members of the Defence Committee, they may not vote when the

Committee takes a decision on the final grade for the thesis advised or reviewed by them.

The final assessment of the bachelor's final thesis shall be approved by all the Committee members.

The Committee shall express their approval by vote, and the decision shall be taken by a simple majority.

Provided the members are equally divided in opinion as to the grade for the bachelor's final thesis, it shall

be finally determined by the assessment proposed by the Chair of the Committee.

The decision of the Committee on the grade for the bachelor's final thesis shall be final and not open

to appeal. For procedural violations in the defence of the bachelor's final thesis that could have affected the

grade, student has the right to apply to the Dispute Settlement Commission of the Faculty of Economics

and to appeal in the order prescribed by the said Commission. The appeal shall name a specific violation in

the bachelor's final thesis defence procedure and indicate the circumstances that confirm the fact of

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Upon successful defence of the bachelor's final theses, a special sheet is filled in with records stating

the grade for the thesis, the status of access to its storage in the eLABa system, and the applied embargo

period (whenever applicable).

The sheet of records is uploaded to the system by the unit administrator or the Chair of the

Committee. The sheet shall be signed by all the members of the Committee. Based on the sheet, a

bachelor's final thesis defence protocol is prepared in the system by which student is awarded a respective

research degree and/or qualification, if it is provided for in the study programme description. The printed

protocol of the defence of the bachelor's final theses shall be signed by the Chair of the Committee.

Student who failed to submit the final thesis on time or who failed to defend it shall be expelled from

the University for academic failure. He shall be allowed to defend the thesis for a second time only after

resuming the studies (not earlier than the next semester, and in case the defence of bachelor's final theses in

the Faculty of Economics is not provided for in the next semester, in the following academic year). In case

the bachelor's final thesis fails to be defended for the second time, after the resumption of the studies, a new

bachelor's final thesis shall be written.

Storage of theses

After the defence, the bachelor's final thesis shall be returned to the Department. The printed theses are

stored in the Departments in charge of relevant study programmes for at least 12 (twelve) months, while e-

documents, uploaded from the system to eLABa, shall be stored in accordance with the procedure and

terms laid out in the eLABa Regulations. The thesis defended in a closed meeting shall be stored in an

institution that requested for the closed defence.

The status of the access to the bachelor's final thesis storage in eLABa shall be established by the

Committee. All the defended bachelor's final theses shall have open access to in the ELABa system, except

for the cases when the Committee decides not to upload the thesis to that system. Such a decision may be

taken when:

the bachelor's final thesis contains confidential information;

the uploading of the bachelor's final thesis and/or making it public may result in a breach of rights of the author(authors), the eLABa system manager (managers), or other subjects of author rights;

the uploading of the bachelor's final thesis and/or making it public may result in a breach of the personal data subjects' rights to privacy.

When there are no reasons not to make the bachelor's final thesis public in the eLABa system and in

case student wishes to establish an embargo period1, the Committee shall decide whether a request in the

Warranty (see Appendix 1) to establish an embargo period is justified and shall determine its duration.

The content of an e-document uploaded to the system may be changed in exceptional cases and only

with the consent of an academic advisor, but not later than before the grade for the thesis is made public.

Within 14 (fourteen) callendar days from their defence, the e-documents of the bachelor's final theses shall

be exported to the eLABa system, unless a decision is taken not to make the bachelor's final thesis public

(in that case, only the metadata of the document shall be uploaded into the eLABa system).

1 Embargo period: a period of temporary prohibition in months from the defence of the final thesis during which

public access to the e-file of the bachelor's final thesis is limited. The maximum possible duration of the embargo

period in terms of final theses is 60 months. The decision on the embargo period is taken by the Committee, given

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A LIST OF REFERENCES AND SOURCES

1. Vilniaus universiteto studijuojančiųjų rašto darbų rengimo, gynimo ir kaupimo tvarkos aprašas [Vilnius University Descriptor of Student Research Papers' Writing, Defence, and Storage Procedures] (approved by Vilnius University Vice-Rector of Studies, Order No. R-446, 17 11 2015).

2. Janonis, O. (2005). Bibliografinių nuorodų ir jų sąrašo sudarymo studijų bei mokslo darbuose metodika [Methodology of Bibliographic References and Drawing up of their Lists in Academic and Research Papers] (in compliance with Lithuanian standards LST ISO 690 and LST ISO 690–2). Vilnius University Press.

3. Studijų pasiekimų vertinimo tvarka. [Procedure of Students' Performance Assessment]. Approved

by Resolution No. SK-2012-20-6 of the Vilnius University Senate Committee, 13 12 2012.

Retrieved from

http://www.vu.lt/site_files/SD/Studentams/Studiju_pasiekimu_vertinimo_Tvarka_12.21.pdf

(viewed on 06 01 2016).

4. Vilniaus universiteto Akademinės etikos kodeksas [Code of Academic Ethics of Vilnius

University]. Approved in the meeting of the Vilnius University Senate Committee (minutes No.

S-2006-05), 13 06 2006. Retrieved from

http://www.vu.lt/site_files/SD/Studentams/Akademines%20etikos%20kodeksas.pdf (viewed on

12 01 2016).

http://www.vu.lt/site_files/SD/Studentams/Studiju_pasiekimu_vertinimo_Tvarka_12.21.pdf

http://www.vu.lt/site_files/SD/Studentams/Akademines%20etikos%20kodeksas.pdf

http://www.vu.lt/site_files/SD/Studentams/Akademines%20etikos%20kodeksas.pdf



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Appendix 1 Vilniaus universiteto studento, teikiančio baigiamąjį darbą, GARANTIJA Vardas, pavardė Padalinys Studijų programa Darbo pavadinimas Darbo tipas Garantuoju, kad baigiamasis mano darbas yra parengtas sąžiningai ir savarankiškai, kitų asmenų indėlio į darbą nėra. Jokių įstatymų nenumatytų mokesčių už šį darbą niekam nesu mokėjęs. Šiame darbe tiesiogiai ar netiesiogiai panaudotos kitų šaltinių citatos yra pažymėtos literatūros nuorodose.

Aš, [Vardas Pavardė], patvirtinu (pažymėti) I, [Vardas Pavardė], confirm (check)

Vilniaus universiteto studentų rašto darbų rengimo, gynimo ir kaupimo tvarkos aprašo priedas WARRANTY of Vilnius University Student Thesis Name and Surname: Faculty: Study programme: Thesis topic: Thesis type: I guarantee that my thesis is prepared in good faith and independently, there is no contribution to this work from other individuals. I have not made any illegal payments related to this work. Quotes from other sources used in this thesis, directly or indirectly, are indicated in literature references

Patvirtinu, kad baigiamasis darbas yra įkeltas į Vilniaus universiteto studijų informacinę sistemą. I declare that this thesis is submitted to the Vilnius University Study Information System.

(vardas, pavardė / name, surname) (parašas / signature) (data / date) Embargo laikotarpis / Embargo Prašau šiam baigiamajam darbui nustatyti toliau nurodomos trukmės embargo laikotarpį: I am requesting an embargo of this thesis for the period indicated below:

embargo laikotarpis nereikalingas / no embargo requested;

__________ mėnesių / months [embargo laikotarpis negali viršyti 60 mėn. /an embargo period shall not exceed 60 months]. Embargo laikotarpio nustatymo priežastis / reason for embargo: .......................................................................................................................... ... ...................................

(vardas, pavardė / name, surname) (parašas / signature) (data / date) Darbo vadovo patvirtinimas: Patvirtinu, kad baigiamasis darbas atitinka reikalavimus, ir leidžiu darbą ginti: I confirm that this thesis has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of students’ theses of Vilnius University and can be defended.

(vardas, pavardė / name, surname) (parašas / signature) (data / date) Katedros (padalinio) patvirtinimas, kad išspausdintas baigiamasis darbas buvo pateiktas ir įregistruotas: The Department (unit) confirms that a printed paper has been submitted and registered

(name, surname) (signature) (date)



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Appendix 2

VILNIUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

DEPARTMENT OF ______________

___________________________________________

(FULL STUDENT'S NAME AND SURNAME IN CAPITAL LETTERS )

(Year of study, study programme, study field)

Term Paper / Bachelor's Final Thesis

_______________________________________________________

(TITLE OF THE PAPER IN CAPITAL LETTERS) )

Permitted to defend ____________ (signature)

Head of the Department

________________________ (name, surname)

Student__________________________ (signature)

Academic advisor _____________________ (research degree, academic title, name, surname)

_______________ (signature)

Submission date __________

Registration No. _______

Grade ___________________ (the date, the grade, the signature of the Chair of the

Committee)

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Appendix 3 SAMPLE REVIEW OF A BACHELOR'S FINAL THESIS

Author of the bachelor's final thesis ............................................................................................ Topic of the

thesis............................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................

Assessment in points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. Relevance of the topic

2. Formulation of the aim and objectives

3. Compliance of the content and structure with the topic

4. Coherence of the thesis

5. Theoretical justification of the thesis

6. Quality of the data analysis

7. Justification of the conclusions and proposals

8. Appropriateness and sufficiency of the sources of literature

9. Language and style

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