Browsing Economics and Business Senior Integrated Projects by Title
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Creating a Greener World
(2006)Environmental degradation has become a global problem that can no longer be discredited as a forgone conclusion of business operation. Economies and business communities, now, have to develop in a manner that does not harm ... -
Creating Market Share in the Diverse Pumpkin Produce Market
(2014)This SIP proposes a business plan for Ben's College Fund Pumpkins ("BCFP"). BCFP is a small farm that produces and sells its pumpkin crop in Chesterfield Township, Michigan. This business plan, for BCFP, is aimed at ... -
The Creation of a Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico. The Implications for Mexican Development and the United States Economy
(1991)The research for this SIP included extensive use of the University of Michigan Graduate School Library and Business School Library. In addition interviews were conducted with Ford Motor Company's public policy analyst ... -
Credit Analysis: Financial, Ratio, and Risk Analysis
(2008)Credit analysis involves a wide variety of financial analysis techniques including ratio and trend analysis, of audited and unaudited financial statements. Credit Analysis also entails the creation of future projections ... -
Credit Crunch 2009: The Continuing Recession & It's Effects on Credit
(2009)A credit crunch is a period where there is limited available credit to access, a time period where guidelines are tightened and very few people can get approved for any type of loan. We have experienced these in the past, ... -
Critical Analysis of a Market Research Report: An Alternative Reason for conducting a Study
(1993)The report found in the appendix of this paper is the finished product of a Demand Research, Inc. (DRI) project, commissioned by Detroit Edison. The stated purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness and impact ... -
A Critical Examination of the Capitalistic Economic System from the Moral Point of View
(1977)The basic thesis for this essay is that the mechanisms by which capitalism hopes to provide satisfactory answers to the questions—“How to produce,” “For whom to produce,” and “What to produce”-- have important moral and ... -
A Critical Study of Two Aspects of the U.S. Crude Petroleum Industry
(1969)The quota program was originally enacted to protect the prorationing system and its dependent oil industry from cheaper foreign oil imports. This paper will review the conditions at its enactment and the goals aimed ... -
CRM: The Business of Social Justice
(2010)I was once asked why I wanted to spend my last summer before graduating helping a non-profit organization complete its summer social justice project. At the time of the question I did not have a perfect answer. To me it ... -
Crowdfunding & the Lean Startup
(2013)This paper connects the Lean Startup methodology to crowdfunding, while exemplifying the theories in a real world setting by use of a photography product in development. The Lean Startup methodology is used in two main ... -
The Cuban Immigrants in Miami: Impacts and Fluctuations in the Economy
(1991)This report is an evaluation of the economic effects that the mass migration of Cuban refugees have had on Dade County during the Castro regime, 1959 to 1987. The paper first explains the background information which ... -
Cultural Foundations of Western Capitalism
(1994)Capitalism is undoubtedly one of the most prevalent and successful systems of resource allocation which has existed throughout history. Because it has evolved over a period of centuries, and has experienced a long and ... -
The Currency Ration in Relation to Economic Development
(2003)The money supply process can generally be attributed to the behavior of three agents: the behavior of the non-bank public as represented by the variations in the currency ratio and defined as the currency held by the ... -
Current Issues of Nonprofit Corporation Finance: A Partial Alternative to Cross-Subsidization in the Commercial Arena
(1997)This paper deals exclusively with the issues surrounding the nonprofit sector of the economy. It looks at the characteristics of the nonprofit sector, market rationale for its existence, the issues surrounding federal ... -
The Curse of Natural Resources
(2007)This Senior Individualized Project is essentially an exploration into the observation that many countries around the world today which possess a wealth of natural resource are plagued by severe economic and social ... -
Customer Centricity: The Competitive Advantage
(2012)Customer centricity is essential for firms wanting to improve and increase customer loyalty, customer satisfaction, customer advocacy, and customer lifetime value. Customer Centricity is a multifaceted process that ... -
Customer Satisfaction in Higher Education: A Study of Economics and Business Alumni/ae of Kalamazoo College
(2006)This paper applies Customer Satisfaction Theory to the area of higher education. In particular, this is accomplished by implementing a hybrid-SERVPERF model, the prominent performance-based model in Customer Satisfaction ... -
Cutter : A Return to Consumer Oriented Advertising
(1992)This study focuses on Cutter insect repellent commercials and how these commercials are exemplary of consumer oriented advertising. Cutter advertising based its creative strategy on qualitative research. Walter's and Schultz ... -
The Cyclical Behavior of Real Wages: A Survey of Theory and Evidence
(1995)This paper presents a survey of the theory and evidence on the cyclical behavior of the real wage. I begin with a traditional neo-classical synthesis view. This view holds the real wage to be counter-cyclical. I then ...