Economics Thesis Proposals Samples For Students

The Effect Of Population Growth On Economic Growth

Population growth and economic development have been written about in many empirical studies and then there are three distinct results that have come out regarding their inter relation (Hodgson, 1988). While few of the studies suggest that population growth acts a deterrent for economic growth, there are others that suggest just the opposite. Another set of studies reveal no connection between the two factors whatsoever. Therefore, it is quite difficult to come to a conclusion regarding the impact of population growth on economic growth.
The ‘Malthusian’ view regarding this subject suggests that increase in population results in poverty and a consequent ...

Introduction

The reason for choosing this research is because of the conflicting results about the impacts of European colonization and slave trade in Africa. There have been many problems that the world has encountered such as the World Wars I and II but one of the cruelest events that ever occurred in history was slavery. Slavery is defined as the legal form of purchasing people as properties who can be sold for economic reasons. Slavery in Africa is a subject that has historians debating about the demographic impact it has had in history. This has caused many historians to research about ...

Thesis Proposal

Thesis: The economic, social, and political, changes witnessed in China today could be the proof of the impact that international organizations have on the nations of the world, today. Prior to China’s rapid growth, it had not witnessed the fast economic, political, and economic growth it does today. The developments could be a result of the country’s move to join the World Trade organization.

The main question of research focuses on the reason China did not join the World Trade Organization earlier regardless of the prosperity it brings to other nations. It emanates from the academic debate through ...

The paper will look at how much the use of credit card rises as a result of an increase in the GDP using the. The topic will use the dependent variable of the use of credit card sales. The time period that will be used will be from 2009-2012. This study will be done in the context of the US economy and all the figures used will be from authentic sources and will focus on the US economy. This will help us understand the consumer spending pattern on their credit cards when there are an overall increases or decrease in ...

This research is concerned with finding out how soccer performance is affected by the economic state of the country. The dependent variable is soccer performance. Soccer performance is the variable that relies on other variables that are presented by the economic status of a country. The independent variables include the GDP of the country, population, and salary of the soccer players and coaches. Countries that have strong economies often perform better in soccer compared to countries with weak economies. Funding plays a major role in strengthening soccer teams, and enables the soccer players to perform highly. Funding also motivates coaches to train ...

Real success of Chinese Economic Reforms can attributed to the contemporary development strategies that were undertaken and started in China by Comrade Mao. Since then, China has grown rapid and has never looked back. The paper will look at how long China can keep growing as there is a limit to growth, and there must be an end to growth in China as well. The reforms given to China by Comrade Mao are still pretty much relevant in today’s China, and they have made China an economic power of the modern world.
Some argue that China’s great ...

Introduction

Microeconomics is very essential because people make choices whose consequences are felt by the individual and the general society. Incentives matter and they consequently affect t choices. Rational choice and expectations guides the decision making process in any economy. The historical empirical and analytical evidence against the hypotheses studied in microeconomics is prodigious.
Recession is a period in which the economic activities in a country are contracted. During such periods, employment, GDP, business profits, capacity utilization, household income, investment spending and inflation falls while on the other hand unemployment and insolvency upsurge (Agarwal et al., 2005). Generally, recession results from ...

Thesis Proposal

Small businesses are considered “a major component” of the economy of the City of Ventura and “should be supported” ( City of Ventura, 2013, p. 20). This is because more than half of the employment base of the entire Ventura County comes from small businesses. The Ventura Chamber of Commerce likewise supports the strong economy through city policy and business development. According to the members of the chamber, their membership helped them gain more contacts which benefits their businesses as well. The contributions of small and medium-scale businesses to the growth of a city has been discussed in several studies which presented evidence ...

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Research Question
The purpose of this paper is to establish the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement, otherwise known as NAFTA on the foreign direct investments that Mexico has received as an effect of the implementation of the NAFTA. Mexico, along with the United States and Canada, has created a trilateral trade block that came into force on January 1, 1994. The goal of the NAFTA is to promote trade and investments between the three member countries through several mechanisms that include removal of tariffs for export and import of goods, elimination of non-tariff trade barriers, improved ...

The advent of the internet has changed the world in ways that probably even its creators had not foreseen. From constrained beginnings, the internet has donned social mantle today, connecting people, communities and countries at an unprecedented level. Whenever we expect the web to have reached the peak of its utility, technological advances stretch its capabilities to new horizons. It can be said that the economic growth potential and technological development implications of the internet will continue to evolve in the future.
However, the impact of the internet on economic growth, globalization of companies and expansion of businesses ...

Introduction:

Achieving sound financial condition is a major focus for many organizations as it is through continual buying from customers that an organization can grow. Online banking has been identified as an effective strategy of achieving customer loyalty by delivering the best service or quality product in the banking sector. It is however worth noting that very little research has been conducted on application of online banking in the banking sector across the globe with the changing time. E-Banking or online banking seeks to produce quality the first time saves time that is often wasted on correcting mistakes hence can be ...

INTRODUCTION

The society is aware that unemployment negatively affects the economy and the quality of life of many people in general. Many efforts had been put into reducing unemployment along with the high cost that comes with these efforts. Due to the apparent effect of unemployment, many people often propose on how unemployment may be lowered without thinking much about the many factors that come into play with regards to unemployment. A good proposal should not only focus on the solutions, but on the underlying principles as well. Likewise, this paper will focus on concepts that are relevant to unemployment, ...

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Evaluation Design of a New Modification to the Curriculum on Citizenship for Elementary School in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Introduction
Developing countries of the world today are facing unprecedented challenges in attaining sustainable development. Many developing countries are plagued by issues such as poverty, population growth, terrorism, dearth of qualified teaching staff, and territorial conflicts. To find a solution to this, many economists have devised various strategies both at the macroeconomic and microeconomic levels. Experts suggest that enhancing the student learning process during early ages can increase the dynamism of the economy. To be competitive, emerging markets ...

The following is the outline we had to follow for our paper, the part in yellow is what I need you to complete for me please. The rest I have already done and the content I wrote can be found below.

1. Background (description of the problem or initial assumptions)
a. List up the different aspects of the company’s background.
b. Precisely identify the problem or challenge to be solved.
c. Describe the initial assumptions for the elaboration of the plan.
d. Presents a well-founded starting hypothesis, clearly written.
2. Company / Organization internal analysis.
a. Develop a ...

Aims of research report

The African continent has received aid from developed countries and financial policy recommendations for decades. This thesis seeks to examine the existing empirical studies on the macro-micro paradox effects of foreign aid and free trade policies on GDP growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, this study explores the negative effects foreign aid has on the social contract that exists between the governments and its citizens by making governments less financially dependent on it’s populous, whether the interaction of international financial institutions (IMF, World Bank, WTO) that promote free trade policies as part of loan agreements with Sub-Saharan African ...

In Turkey, private versus public wage differences are common. What is not known is the extent of these wage differentials. In developing nations where the major wage employment portion originates from the public sector, the wage differences are common. The public sector can dictate the setting of wages and employment activities in the labor market. It is important to undertake a different analysis of labor markets of the public sector. This paper analyses the private-public wage differentials that prevail in turkey.
The Turkish public sector spending covers the wage bill as the biggest item. This represents a significant concern for ...

Abstract

The emerging economies are usually faced with more uncertainties than developed economies. This provides a harsh environment for operations, which creates a situation where the decisions of the organization are well analyzed before being enforced. This calls for inclusion of an independent body in the decision making body of an organization. This paper will expound on the role of independent directors in an organization in regard to emerging economies.
1. Introduction
1.1. Background
Corporate governance refers to the balance that exists in the management of resources of an organization in the most efficient means in order to achieve ...

THESIS PROPOSAL

Preface
This thesis proposal outlines my thesis paper and describes the research that is to be conducted in the next coming months.
The target audience for this study is the supervisor and the appointed supervisory committee and any interested colleagues, and its intended to get feedback on the work so far presented as well as a discussion of the research plan.
It’s hoped that there is an adequate and open minded audience that will provide a rich, constructive and valuable feedback.
I would also like to thank my supervisor and colleagues for their worthy contribution and ...

Cloning is the process that a cell or an organism is produced asexually; meaning that no sex is involved in their formation and the product is identical to a specific ancestor. Animal cells are cloned simply because they can be produced from one fertilized cell and they are also genetically identical. In simpler terms, cloning is the process of producing many duplicate cells of an organism. In some cases, cloning is a natural process shown bacteria which are single celled, as well as identical twins in human beings and mammals. The process is also made possible to the animals ...

How will Starbucks maintain it?

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This thesis presents a critical analysis of the business situations faced by Starbucks Corporation over the years. It briefly analyses its business practices and the causes of its decline in sales. It argues how the company’s move to outsource some processes is ethical. This paper also looks at the sensitive side of outsourcing and argues how even the offshore outsourcing is ethical in today’s world of globalization. In order to present the arguments in favour of ethical outsourcing the paper also touches upon concepts in business economics that were present as early as 18th century and were ...

Abstract

The study has an objective of examining the impacts of corporate governance among listed Australian companies using their audit quality as the baseline. Corporate governance is a broad topic. Thus the study focuses on the effect of ownership structure on the quality of auditing across Australia. While a widely accepted definition of audit quality has not been formulated nor has a widely accepted measure been generated, the research will employ different aspects of corporate governance to establish its relationship with the quality of the audit. Various data and information will be gathered from at least ten different companies in ...

It is estimated that 50% of the world’s population reside in cities and urban settings. The number is expected to rise to 60% in the next few decades according to UN Habitat. The surging urban population presents a challenge and an opportunity for the development of green design and sustainable cities. Cities comprise of 60% of all energy usage, 60% of total water consumption, and 70% of all greenhouse gases production. The exponential trending of urban population together with contemporaneous standards of living implies that the demand for essential goods and services will rise. These include water, food, modes ...

Introduction:

The region of Middle East has been marred by decades old dictatorial and authoritative rules and rulers. The people have been kept away from transparent and true government and in most of the cases democracy is either absent or sham. Syria and Egypt are two countries that exhibited nearly same outlook and had their rulers distant from the masses.
Most of the states in the region were single party states. With little or no place for the opposition forces in political spectrum, the country is a single party state. Syria was the front runner in this regard and it ...

THESIS PROSPECTUS: THE ROLE OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL OF ARAB STATES TO MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Background of the Study

Since the end of the 20th century, issues such as extreme poverty, equal human rights for all gender and ethnicity, health services improvement, environmental sustainability and equal development have been in the forefront of both regional and international affairs. Several proposals and programs have been presented by various world leaders, however, a workable framework that can be applied to any nation is difficult due to the difference of each nation politically, socially and economically. With the ...

INTRODUCTION

A Director at the University of Georgia Atmospheric Sciences Program posed a question during an interview with the Ebony magazine “Why African American girls May Be Left Out of the 21st Century Job Market”. The answers to the question seem to be glaring simple and complicated at the same time. African Americans, especially girls in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), continue to record decreasing numbers careerwise. Will all the data pointing to the fact that STEM jobs in the 21st century are considered the best jobs with the top 15 emanating from any one f those fields.
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Although many economists have addressed public-private wage differentials both in developed and developing economies, but the issue of inequality is more important primarily in developing countries where public sector usually comprise of a major part of the wage employment. Thus, the difference in public sector and private sector employment could influence wage settings. This, paper will be considering the public-private wage differential in Turkey. The data which we will use to explain the wage differential, will be an individual level data to explain the employment sector selection and the wage differentials in the public and private sectors. Turkey, where public ...

Q1. Provide a ten year present worth financial analysis to determine if this proposal is financially advisable. He is to use a minimally acceptable rate of return of 10%, income tax rate of 20%, and a capital gains tax rate of 15%.
When a company takes a decision to diversify its operations, it needs to make some investments in order to finance the decision. In order to take an investment decision for a project, financial analysis of the project is required. An analysis is required to assess how much initial investment is required for the project and when the project will begin to generate ...

IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL RETAIL MARKET

Literature Review
Concepts about social responsibility started to be formed in the early 20th century, particularly by religious thinkers and theologians who posited that religious principles could also be applied to business activities (Lantos, 2001). However, before the 1960s, ethics remained to be an area that business people did not give much attention to (Lantos, 2001). During those times, matters that concerned ethics were best left to theologians and the religious. However, the beginning of the 1960s saw an increase in concern over ethical issues in business. Some of the issues that were brought to light included unfair ...

Introduction:

The use of the credit card payment system has continued to be adopted across the world, and its use has been rated as overwhelming. Substantial literature review on credits cards use reveal that the payment system is gaining ground out of its convenience, advance financial services, credit borrowing and enhanced liquidity, with most of the former liquidation hurdles navigated (Stearns, 2011, p. 45). America was the first country to use the credit cards in the 19th century. Since then, the country has continued the use of the credit card intensively. In the onset, a credit card was only issued ...

Abstract

This paper describes a proposal for conducting a research to determine the effective marketing strategies that would enable GNTB to attract Japanese tourists to Germany. This paper provides overviews on the organization’s profile, including its revenue and profit and its products and services. It then provides a brief description of the current undesired situation as well as the desired future situation and how the research will be conducted.

Organizational Profile

The GNTB (German National Tourist Board) (GNTB, 2014) works on behalf of the German federal government to promote Germany as a travel destination for Japanese tourists. Founded in 1948 (Bloomberg, 2014), it has 147 ...

Soccer

INTRODUCTION
Soccer was introductory amplify in England in the 19th century. Soccer is also referred to as Football in some other countries like Ireland, Australia, Canada and other countries where it is popular. FIFA or Federation International de Football Association was founded in 1904 as the main federation of soccer teams around the world. Soccer is one of the most popular sports in Europe and in the Americas. It has a vigorous and impressive history in the world of sports. The sport is basically being played by two groups of 11 players and each team using a soccer ball. The ...

An Explorative Analysis of the Use of Mobile Device App for Communication between Physician and Patient in the Context of a Private Sector Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Introduction:

Mobile technology has produced many opportunities to increase the quality of health care services. The opportunity to mobile communication could create bountiful improvements in patient care but there are many questions left unanswered. Before a mobile communication app can be implemented the risks and limitations of the software need to be carefully analyzed. A hasty implementation could cause a great opportunity for patient care to fail. The proposed research program will ...

Writing a Proposal to the CEO about Going Green

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Introduction
Purpose: In this paper, we will find out the why it is essential to adopt and follow green, environmental friendly practices, how it will help in long term sustainability, the means by which everyone can contribute to eco friendly practices and how following such practices will help preserve the earth’s biodiversity and lessen the impact on climate change.
Background: Organizations across the globe are concerned with environmental sustainability and trying to find solutions to reducing their carbon footprint. Buildings contribute almost ...

Introduction

The modern times and the increased participation of women in the labour market formulate a consistent discourse for gender equality that shapes the social, economic, political, legal and technological spheres across the world. The prevalence of the feminist discourse currently focuses on equal organizational opportunities between men and women in the workplace, targeting equal payment and equal career development opportunities. Although women work shoulder to shoulder with their men counterparts in public and private companies, there are still visible discrepancies, mostly related to the leadership positions, which are still considered more suitable for men, since they are dominating the occupancy ...

Oil and Gas Exploration in the Ecuadorian Amazon Forest

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There is a projected 3.8 million cubic meters of oil connected pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon forest .From 1964 to 1992 Texaco, currently owned by Chevron, extracted oil from reservoirs beneath the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and not carefully discarded the drilling solids as well as liquids connected to oil extraction in pitfall through the forest. Furthermore, Texaco’s processing plants pumped the wastewater into the local water systems. The slapdash dumping of about 18 billion gallons of wastewater as well as 17 million gallons of waste oil has yet to be correctly assessed and hundreds ...

Background

Although it is a small business compared to its competitors, Bain & Company has managed to succeed in modern complicated economy. Bain & Company headquarters, which is an American global management consulting business, is based at Boston Massachusetts. One of the main services of Bain & Company is to offer advisory services to a good number of the global largest government agencies, non-profit organisation, and other global businesses. The Bain & Company started in the late 1973 by a group of individuals and employees from the Boston Consulting Group. The initial leaders of the organisation were the GCG VP bill Bain who increase its profit by ...

Background

The need for sustainable development through environmentally friendly practices is among the major issues facing humanity. The adverse effects of the climate change are mainly attributed to man activities that have proved to increase the rate of greenhouse gases emissions due to industrialization. Therefore, policies aimed at efficient and effective usage of resources are being implemented in US and across the globe to ensure sustainable economic development. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an organization aimed at ensuring the environmental regulations are abided and thus ensure that the environment is safe from pollution. Among the key strategies ...

For many years, animation has been one of the most effective and interesting media formats. More recently, the growth of the Internet around the world has made animated media available to everyone. Animation provides artists and filmmakers with a very creative tool. This tool can provide a range of different content to children, young people, and adults. Moreover, animation can send a variety of messages in very creative and unusual ways. This technique has been used in many fields, such as multimedia, TV ads, web design, teaching programs and some other media products. Statistics demonstrate that Japan and America ...

US Elections 2016

Abstract
The U.S. presidential campaign of 2016 is raging on and on. With the November approaching, and the campaign being on the rise, political issues of the U.S. are becoming more interesting to the world society. Till the beginning of May the number of candidates was still pretty sufficient to make any projections. Under Clinton’s presidency the relations between the U.S. and China may turn into a complete mess. According to her position, the U.S. should observe its national interests, and if China is an obstacle to their achievement, the relations between them should be at a minimum ...

The bilateral relationship between the two countries has a number of dynamics with varying complexities. The regional contextual relationship between the US and Venezuela had a dramatic changes post the cold war era. The US government has shown overextension of its approaches to the Venenzuala case by pushing for democratization with much focus on people centred leadership in the region. However, Venezuela as the case of other Latin states has had significant emphasis maintenance of their sovereignty. The conflict of interest with US position shown massively in their policies on economic sanctions have affected the relationship between the two ...

Research & Writing

The changes in the society and the role of parents have created a number of challenges for parents. Parents are rarely in the position to stay at home and care for their children because of the changes in the economic structure of the country. More often, single parent family do not allow for parents to stay at home and this leaves the parents with the problem of having to try to balance work and taking care of the family especially when illness and new birth occurs in the family. While employers offer medical and family leave under the state’ ...

Problems

This proposal to have switch covers was necessitated by the predisposed problems associated with switch buttons. Presence of the cold winter froze the switch buttons making them hard to operate, and such the need to have switch covers that would be easily thawed without having to undergo extensive maintenance by the technicians. In addition, the presence of these covers allowed easier operation and maintenance of the switch buttons, thus making it a very economical predisposition than being a difficult indulgence. Thus, the consequence of suing these switch covers was to enhance accessibility of the building by its regular occupants. ...

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A Proposal Review
1. Research Question
The proposal question – How has the credit crisis had an effect on the capital structure of Dutch SMEs? – is essentially quantitative in construct but the elements appear to indicate a confused tendency towards quantitative investigation. There are other things to improve on.
First, for quantitative studies, which this study is, the words “what” or “why” are most appropriate to begin the research question (RQ) if the research design intends to find a cause-and-effect relationship (“what”) or the reason for such relationship (“why”) (Creswell 130). Moreover, directional ...

Introduction

NGO or non-governmental organizations are legally formed organizations managed independently by legal people without any interference of government. Any NGO funded partially or fully by government in order to maintain its non-governmental status prevents government representatives from taking membership in the organization (NGO 2010). NGOs generally serve the social purpose that might or might not have political aspects. NGOs are task oriented and managed by people sharing the same interest and goals. NGOs serve wide-ranging purposes attracting the attention of both citizens and governments to issues involving health care, human rights, environment and so on. The World Bank has ...

Introduction

This research aims to develop a definition of innovation in an NGO with a new strategy that has no abstract understanding and or interpretation on the concept of innovation. Due to the fast growth rate of the NGO the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer both require that innovation should be incorporated in the operations of the NGO especially as it expands into other regions nationally and internationally. Both the CEO and the CFO have ideas about innovation that are quite differentiated in their approaches to innovative ideas. Nonetheless, both the CFO and the CEO agree that the NGO’s expansion ...

Design management refers to the ongoing processes of planning and making business decisions and strategies that encourage innovation and the creation of effectively design products that focus on sustainability and performance. Design management involves the use of special skills in creative process to solve business problems via successful management of projects, people, procedures and processes at the back the everyday designing of products, services and needs from our experiences, environment and culture. Smart cities refer to cities whose investments in social and human capital, transport and ICT communication infrastructure lead to improved quality of life and sustainable economic development ...

IDENTIFICATION OF THREE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN RESEARCH PROPOSAL

A research proposal basically has nine elements that make the research proposal attractive and effective. Out of the nine elements, three elements are the most essential in a research proposal. The three elements are as follows;

Statement of the Problem

The first element is providing the reader with clear and concise statement of the research or the goals of the project. In simpler words, this section includes the specific question(s) that must be answered along with the significance of the research proposal (Sekaran, 2006). In addition, it has also been indicated in several researches that this particular section provides an explanation of how ...

Introduction

The health sector of the UAE initially used to be an eyesore. The people relied on traditional medicine. And for the rich, they went abroad for better treatment. This used to be before the discovery of oil in the region. The quest for oil brought the world powers to the doorsteps of the emirates. With them came good health facilities and physicians which helped changed the scenery (Partridge et al., 2009).
The UAE since then has had a drastic turn over. With an increasing rate of hospitals opening and hospital personnel arriving every day, it now has a staggering number ...

The Current state of literature

The study is going to study the relationship between the Chief Executive Officer incentives and the performance of the company.
Hamadi in 2011 investigated on, how the CEO incentives are calculated, and the effect the incentives have on the firm’s performance. He carried out the analysis using data from 231 public companies which are listed in the stock exchange. His aim was to find out if the incentives given to the CEO have any effect on the firm performance and the shareholders wealth. The shareholders wealth is the dividends the shareholders are entitled to at the end ...

Introduction

The countries covering the South East Asia region have had a population surge during the past decade and at the same time the population is expected to continue increasing by around 25% of the current figures. This overly populated region is hence subjected to high degree for demand of commodities in order the needs of the consumers can be met. The high number of citizens in the particular countries has also resulted in the increase of waste materials released to the environment either in solid, liquid or even gaseous forms. The high demand for goods and services have burdened the ...

Introduction

Apple includes a renowned company that stands out from many other companies of the world. It includes one of the most highly esteemed software companies that pose numerous economic threats to other renowned companies. A major competition occurs between Apple and Samsung companies. The main differences that occurred existed in their models. This led to a prolonged lawsuit between the two competing companies. Their raw over superiority and fame has led to long cases that most specialists view as rather meaningless. This kind of view by specialists since the probability that any of the two companies win the case appears vague.

Literature Review

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