Browsing Economics and Business Senior Integrated Projects by Title
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Revenue Sharing and Its Impact on Competitive Balance in the MLB
(2014)This paper examines the effects of revenue sharing on competitive balance in Major League Baseball (MLB). More specifically, this paper is looking into whether competitive balance has increased since 2002, when the first ... -
Reverse Logistics in Food Manufacturing Plants : Economic, Environmental, and Social Incentives : A Case Study on The Kellogg Company
(2016)This paper analyzes the potential of implementing reverse logistics models in food manufacturing plants in pursuit of economic, environmental, and social gains. Reverse logistics is essentially the reverse distribution of ... -
A Review of a Summer Internship at First Union Securities : A Focus on Modern Portfolio Theory and Risk Management in the Financial Securities Markets
(2000)The author describes his internship with First Union Securities in Las Vegas, Nevada and focuses on Modern Portfolio Theory, an investment strategy that strives to maximize returns or minimize risk. Harry Markowitz founded ... -
Revisiting the Effect of the Kalamazoo Promise on Achievement
(2015)Many people believe that the Kalamazoo Promise raised the achievement of Kalamazoo Public Schools students. Previous research has shown small increases in standardized test scores relative to comparison districts, but these ... -
The RIAA: Mistakes of the Past, Opportunities for the Future
(2008)The invention of digital files revolutionized the entertainment industry, drastically increasing the portability of music and movies and leading to new industries like video games. But this new invention, like many before ... -
"The Rise to Popularity" : An Overview and Economic Analysis of the Beer Industry and Craft Beer Segment
(2016)This project was designed to provide an overview of the Beer Industry, taking a close look at its origins and development in the United States and the rise of the Craft Beer segment into the present day. This project will ... -
Risk Adjusted Returns in a Leveraged Buyout
(2010)The concept of risk adjusted returns refines an investment's return by measuring how much risk is involved in producing that return. This concept is especially prevalent in leveraged buyouts. In this paper, the corporate ... -
Risk Analysis of Autonomous Vehicles and Their Impact on Insurance Underwriting
(2016)This project uses seminal risk, insurance, and financial theories to answer questions facing future insurance underwriters. Using qualitative research this project predicts risk factors that arise when companies introduce ... -
The Role Financial Derivatives Play in the United States Banking Industry
(2012)Currently in the United States there is a large debate over the use of financial derivatives in the banking industry. As of now 98% of all financial service firms are using some form of derivatives and most of them are ... -
The Role of Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration Institutes in International Business
(1998)The author interned with the General Council at Ford Motor Company, working on the agreements made between corporations when forming a third company. One of the most important parts of these agreements is the Dispute ... -
The Role of Green Accounting In the Creation of Indicators of Sustainable Economic Growth
(2009)Gross domestic product (GDP) is the most widely utilized measure of economic growth worldwide. The GDP is often mistakenly used as a measure of social welfare, even though it was never meant to be used as one. The GDP is ... -
The Role of Home Finance in the Housing Crisis
(1970)The thesis of this paper states that the housing crisis is primarily a financial crisis. This is not to say that rising costs of labor, materials and land are minor factors, but that the essential problem to be solved ... -
The Role of Market-Based Instruments in Alleviating Climate Change
(2016)This paper evaluates how climate change mitigation can be achieved through market-based instruments. Guided by environmental economic theory, a partial equilibrium model is formed that attempts to determine an optimal ... -
The Role of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Development Process
(1998)The topic of small enterprises in developing countries is an issue that is very interesting. This is especially true today with the increased globalization of the economy. These small enterprises play an integral role in ... -
The Role of Success in the Allocation of Resources to Intercollegiate Athletics by the Colleges of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(1964-03-15)This study is concerned with the economic aspects of the intercollegiate sports program at each of the MIAA colleges. More specifically, it is concerned with the allocation of resources by each college to the sports ... -
The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in a Profit Oriented Society
(1994)This paper attempts to examine the role of nonprofit organizations in a profit oriented society. Organizations of this nature tend to be taken tend to be taken for granted by the general public. Unfortunately, the ... -
The Role of the Specialist on the New York Stock Exchange
(1967)This paper will investigate the specialist as a component of the Exchange. It will concentrate on the market for common and preferred stocks, rights and warrants, those securities in which the specialist is directly ... -
The Roles of Manufacturers and Distributors in the Industrial Marketplace
(2012)The purpose of my Senior Individualized Project is to develop a plan for a company to be successful in this industrial marketplace. I have found that there must be a balance of brand recognition, progressive partnerships, ... -
Romania's Privatization Program: Is It Progressing?
(1993)The purpose of this project is to reach an understanding of Romania's privatization program and to analyze the problems and difficulties the government has in accomplishing a successful privatization. It attempts to ... -
Ryder Integrated Logistics: Inventory Deployment and the Operations Manager
(1999)In the early summer of 1996, I accepted a position with Ryder Integrated Logistics (RIL ), a company that handles transportation planning for a number of different companies in many different industries. The largest and ...