Browsing Economics and Business Senior Integrated Projects by Title
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Government Contracts and Small Business Set-Asides: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Petoskey Plastics' Success in the Governmental Market
(2014)In 1949 President Harry Truman created the General Services Administration (GSA) that consolidated several administrative government agencies. Today the GSA is responsible for administering supplies, providing workplaces ... -
Government Financial Aid Programs and Their Impact on Society and Economy
(2011)Government subsidy programs have been operating in our nation for decades and have no doubt positively affected millions of individuals. There have been several changes made in an effort to continually improve government ... -
Government Regularion of Insurance Rates
(1993)This report has been an attempt to provide a brief discussion of the laws and regulation that affect insurance rates. I have also sought to discuss the effects of the Essential Insurance Act on rates set by insurance ... -
The Governor's Office and Prison Privatization
(2007)The placement for my Experiential Senior Individualized Project took place within the George Romney Building in downtown Lansing, working in the Executive Office of Governor Granholm. The program was an intensive, 40 ... -
The Grameen Bank and Its Replication Throughout the World
(1996)My SIP was done at the Kalamazoo Small Business Development Center. I was under the supervision of Carl Shook, the Director of the Kalamazoo SBDC. The Kalamazoo SBDC is one of thirteen regional offices in the state of ... -
The Grameen Social Business Model and Its Poverty Alleviation Methodology
(2014)Social business model can be used as a powerful tool to strengthen struggling economies in the developing nations. The theoretical and empirical studies on poverty alleviation tools are utilized in this case study that ... -
Great Britain and the Gold Standard: The Course of Economic Change and National Adjustment
(1967)The study was carried out without much formal training in economic development or international economics; probably any similar effort builds a deep appreciation of the need for economic theory as the basis for ... -
Green Mythololgy: A Personal Examination of Today's Environmental Movement
(1991)I spent my SIP quarter (January-March 1991) in Washington, D.C. as a research intern for the Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Divi8sion of the Congressional Research Service. The divisions of the Congressional ... -
The Greening of Michigan Brownfields: Creating Market Opportunities for Contaminated Land
(1997)This paper examines the legal and economic issues that form the backdrop against which the brownfield issue is played. Not only are there legal and economic activities that hinder site reuse, but there are also legislative ... -
Growing Up in a Family Business vs. a Liberal Arts Education
(2006)The author reflects on his experiences working for the family manufacturing business and what he has learned in college. -
Growth and Value Stocks : Differences, Trends and Historic Performance
(2006)The author interned at Arcadia Investment Management Corporation. Arcadia is small private investment firm, concentrating on long term Growth Stock portfolios. He was responsible for research on the company Heartland Payment ... -
Growth in the IT Industry as a Result of Collaboration Technology Investment
(2012)In 1951, Doug Engelbart envisioned collaboration technology; it was a simple idea about the capability of working together electronically regardless of location. When Information Technology (IT) organizations began to ... -
The Growth of Financial Intermediaries: Their Effect on Commercial Banks and Monetary Policy
(1968)The purpose of this paper is to acquaint its reader with the growth and present importance of financial intermediaries. The first section is a general overview of the growing importance of financial intermediaries and ... -
Gruppenarbeit: Revolutionizing the Automobile Industry? A Case Study of Ford Motor Company in Cologne, Germany
(1998)I have recently completed a three-month internship with Ford Motor Company in Cologne, Germany for my Work Experience Senior Individualized Project. I was placed in a personnel department responsible for 2800 hourly ... -
Has First of America's Expansion Helped It Better Achieve Its Goals?
(1993)This paper examines important factors that should describe how effective First of America Bank Corporation has been in accomplishing it's goals. First of America has employed an aggressive, yet conservative acquisition ... -
Hazardous Material Transport and Disposal: Regulation and Product Innovation
(1995)This paper describes the economic basis for the pollution control industry. It draws upon basic economic theory to reveal the need for this industry and shows the economic effects that the pollution-control industry has ... -
The Health Behind Higher Prices : An Analysis of Produce Pricing Dynamics in Kalamazoo
(2014)In recent years, consumers' health consciousness has given way to increased demand for nutritious, high-quality food. This development has precipitated a renewed interest for locally grown food. However, while local food ... -
The Health Maintenance Organization in the United States Health Care Sector
(1997)Health care is an important consideration that affects every person. Good health enables us to work and to play and to live our lives in comfort and ease. However, the economics of health care are a serious consideration ... -
Health Maintenance Organizations: An Economic Response to the Medical Marketplace
(1991)Health maintenance organizations first emerged in the 1920's but they "came of age" in the 1970's and 1980's. The medical marketplace in America altered in such a way as to accommodate the managed care systems of HMOs. ... -
Heckscher-Ohlin Model : A Theoretical Examination on Capital and Labor Movement in 2-Country Case --The United States and Vietnam
(2023-01-01)International outsourcing in the past few decades has emerged as a common practice among developed countries that outsource production to third-world countries whose labor cost is just a fraction of what they pay at home. ...