Prepare and submit a one or two page abstract of your topic as well as a short outline of your paper's proposed organization. The abstract and outline should be submitted in WORD format. Thank you
When writing your abstract/outline, be sure to explain how your paper will tie the subject matter back to the material we have studied. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate you have read and mastered our material, and the abstract/outline should show how that will occur.
TOPIC: Choose an event, situation, issue, or problem from business or society today and analyze the microeconomics aspects of the topic chosen using sound Managerial Economic theory. Provide a description of what you are writing about, but your paper is not the description, but the research and analysis. Some examples of topics to get your ideas flowing are listed below. You should pick your own topic, but the list may perhaps start you thinking towards a meaningful topic to you.
TOPICS - EXAMPLES (* submitted by past managerial economics students):
- Managerial Economic Analysis of the Impact of Social Commerce on E-commerce
- Economic Impact and Outlook of E-Readers
- The Minimum Wage and Its Effects on the Demand for WalMart Goods
- Economic Impact of the Cash for Clunkers Program on the Auto Industry
- Consumer Behavior and Prize-Linked Savings
- The Creative Differentiation Techniques of IKEA
- How the Recent Economic Recession Has Impact French Saddle Makers