Journal of Undergraduate Research

Richard Kendall, Marriott School of Management The financial support awarded to me helped contribute to one of the greatest experiences of my life. My main goal for my project was to effectively help an architectural company by teaching them the techniques of computer-aided design (CAD). During winter semester of 1994, I studied CAD extensively and […]

Jeffery C. Tanner and Dr. Gary M. Woller, Romney Institute of Public Management Microfinance is a growing instrument of poverty alleviation in the field of poverty alleviation, wherein a presumeably poor client borrows money to us as seed capital in starting or growing a small business. In continuation with the ongoing debate surrounding microcredit impact, […]

Stephen Piccolo and Dr. Robert Crawford, Marriott School of Management Everyone who invests his or her resources in the stock market wishes to have definitive answers to the following questions: 1) In which stocks should I invest? 2) When should I buy these stocks? 3) When should I sell them? 4) Should I buy and […]

Anthony Lam and Dr. Bryan Sudweeks, Business Management Asia suffered a devastating blow to its economy in February of 1997 with the Asian Financial Crisis. The Asian Tiger economies fell to currency speculation and bank debt, beginning with Thailand. Hong Kong, one of the premier business centers in Southeast Asia, was also adversely affected through […]

Marcie Holloman and Dr. Warner Woodworth, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Microfinance (or microcredit) is increasingly being recognized as an effective tool for promoting the socio-economic development of impoverished communities. The crisis of poverty is so great in every corner of the world that it is tempting to jump on the bandwagon of the “microcredit solution” […]

Joseph Brian Gross and Dr. Phillip J. Bryson, Marriott School of Management Background This research began as in inquiry into the general causes for the failure of modern rural reforms in Russia. This study traces the development of rural trends from the abolition of serfdom in 1861, through the Soviet era of centralized planning and […]

Andrew Apcar Greene and Drs. Michael J. Swenson and Paul Dishman, Marriott School of Management Competitive intelligence is a systematic and ethical program for gathering and analyzing information about your competitor’s activities and general business trends to further your own company’s goals1. When practiced responsibly it’s legal and ethical, although some companies have been known […]

Richard Brown and Dr. James C. Brau, Business Management Venture capital funding of young and high-risk companies is a topic of great interest to both finance practitioners and researchers. A venture capitalist gives funds to privately held companies in hopes of earning a high return on the investment. Venture capitalists also provide more than money: […]

Natalia Virlan and Dr. Gary Mckinnon, Business Management The constant honest tax payment by every citizen and firm of the country is a serious problem, which arose in the Republic of Moldova (an ex-member of the Soviet Union) after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then until the present time the tax […]

Kendall C Hulet and Dr. Scott Sampson, Business Management Information asymmetry is usually defined as a market failure that increases transaction costs. Buyers and sellers in a typical market transaction have varying degrees of information on which to base their decisions, whether it be about the quality of the good or service, or about the […]