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Local Development in National and Regional Contexts: The case of Coca, Ecuador
(1995)This study will examine the socio-economic conditions of Francisco de Orellana, a town carved into the Amazon jungle of Ecuador, which began as a tiny village containing no more than a few small buildings, and grew over ... -
Local Government Outsourcing: An Analysis ofthe Branch County Government
(2014)For local governments with limited budgets, outsourcing may seem like a cost effective solution to budgetary constraints and fiscal stresses. However, privatization often comes with the fear that service quality will suffer ... -
Local Governments and The Power to Alter Economic Conditions
(2002)The purpose of this research project is to determine what a city government can do to increase economic activity. In doing so four main topics emerged and became the main themes of the paper. The first main section deals ... -
Local Preference Procurement Policies: The Economic Impact on Kalamazoo
(2002)The focus of this work is to estimate how different local preference policies would have affected Kalamazoo from 1995 to 2000. These estimates, both positive and negative, may be useful for decision-makers as they consider ... -
Long-Run Optimal Economic Growth: Turnpike Theorems
(Kalamazoo College, 1977)My paper is divided into four sections. The first three sections each deal with a growth model, its maximum growth path, and a Turnpike Theorem associated with1 this path, Section One deals with the von Neumann input-output ... -
A Look at How the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements, and the ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture Scheme Affect Whirlpool Southeast Asia
(1994)This dissertation will examine how the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements (APTA), and the ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture (AIJV) will affect Whirlpool Southeast Asia in its operations ... -
A Look at the Healthcare Market in the United States, with a Focus on Primary Care
(2017)This paper looks into the many aspects of healthcare that impact primary care and the health industry as whole. It reviews multiple studies that discuss healthcare as a public good and the market structure of the US health ... -
A Look at the Toy Company
(1992)During the fall of 1991, I did my Senior Individualized Project (SIP) as a work experience SIP with a direct marketing toy company located in Silver Spring, Maryland. From September to December I co-managed the warehouse ... -
Love, Largesse, or Large Return on Investment? Issues Concerning Corporate Support of the Not-for-Profit Arts Organizaiton in the United States
(1991)If one believes that the arts have intrinsic value, educational value, and social value, then one should also, it would seem, believe that the arts deserve to be financially supported by public resources. Primarily, ... -
"Low Cost Marketing," Summertime Lawncare, LLC, a Family Owned, Small Business
(2014)This SIP presents a low-cost marketing plan for Summertime Lawn Care, LLC ("Summertime"). Summertime is a small, family owned, business based in Custer, Michigan. Currently, Summertime has around 35 regular customers, but ... -
LVM Capital Management and Security Analysis in the Context of Market Efficiency
(2010)Fundamental security analysis was pioneered by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd following the Great Depression. With the severity of the current economic recession being second only to the Great Depression, it is increasingly ... -
The Macroeconomic and Social Consequences of the German Unification
(1992)In order to handle the restructuring of the East, the government has created the Treuhandanstalt agency. The goal of this agency is to dismantle and privatize the uncompetitive industries of the East. In the process, many ... -
Macroeconomic Effects of Leverage Cycles and Deleveraging
(2012)This paper discusses the idea of the leverage cycle, the affect it has on the economy as a whole, and how it has shaped both ebullient and turbulent economic times. Leverage, simply being the ratio of collateral to equity, ... -
The Magic of the Disney Empire
(2012)The author explores the success of the Walt Disney Company, by highlighting important segments of the company and how profitable they are to the firm. Disney performs well because of their successes in various entertainment ... -
A Managed Economy as the Short-Run Means to Long-Run Growth and Development: A Look at South Korea's Utilization of Such a Process and its Effectiveness
(1995)In recent years economists have begun looking to the Far East for solutions to economic development in underdeveloped countries. They have turned to this region in response to the overwhelming success of countries located ... -
Management Ethics: Moral Issues in Organizational Structures
(2005)In a world in which profits have become more important than the people who generate the profits, an acute need for ethical guidance in organizational behavior has arisen. Today, this need is especially apparent because ... -
A Management Study of Community Response to Disaster: The Kalamazoo Tornado, May 13, 1980
(1980)This is a disaster management study of the Kalamazoo community response to the tornado of May 13th. In it, Chris and I present a comprehensive picture of the immediate, short, and long-term reaction of the community. -
Managing and Developing a Dot-Com
(2000)The author describes his work at Nucleus Communications and describes the development of Swimmersworld.com (SW.com). The first goal was to drive higher levels of traffic on SW.com and then ultimately generating revenue. ... -
Managing and Marketing a New Stable in the Equine Niche
(2011)For my senior individualized project, I constructed a five-part marketing strategy for a niche business. I drew upon my experience shadowing a stable manager, and described a plan that a new stable owner would follow in ... -
Managing Employees and Trends
(2011)My Senior Individualized Project focuses on how to write a business proposal properly and efficiently. To write a business proposal, a person must explain the project thoroughly. A business proposal, explained by Steve ...
