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Nsfw: Not So Feminist Women - A Media And Cultural Studies Analysis Of Working Women In Popular Media, Josephine Schofield

Honors Projects in English and Cultural Studies

Even though gender diversity of characters has increased in television shows and films, this study hypothesized that female characters who are presented as feminist icons function as feminist backlash and perpetuate negative and harmful stereotypes. This was found to be especially true for career-focused women. Applying a cultural studies approach to reading television and film studies through a feminist lens identified the antifeminist factors that continue to cause the perpetual loop of independent women reverting to dated social roles. This research connects what audiences consume through popular media to how they perceive their female co-workers. The findings of this study …

Understanding Real Estate Market Dynamics: The Covid-19 Effect, Faith Winslow

Honors Projects in Finance

The covid-19 pandemic has led to significant shifts in consumer trends, including in the real estate market. Through multivariable regression, this study investigates how covid-19 has impacted the demand as well as pricing for houses in the United States. The findings contribute to the literature in a few major ways. First, they provide a current look at the impact of covid-19 on the housing market by analyzing monthly, state-level data from before and during the pandemic. Secondly, they provide clarity and supplement journals and research currently in the works. This is the first national study that looks at the effect …

Fixed Income Fund Report, December 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Equity Fund Monthly Report, December 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Equity Fund Monthly Report, November 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Fixed Income Fund Report, November 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Bryant University Day Of Understanding, Justice Begins With Us, Office Of Institutional Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion

Day of Understanding Programs

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Syllabus For Auditing Concepts & Applications, Charles Cullinan

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This course presents the basic concepts and procedures involved in an audit of financial statements. Topical coverage includes audit planning, internal control evaluation, and substantive audit testing.

Syllabus For Financial Management, Maura Dowling

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This course deals with the financial management of the business enterprise and the role of the financial manager in value creation. The focus of this course is the increasing global dimension that the financial managers must address. Major topics include the time value of money, risk and return, security valuation, capital budgeting, cash and liquidity management, management of current liabilities, dividend policy, cost of capital, capital structure policy and the evaluation of alternative methods of financing. While this course deals with common finance problems, these problems are analyzed in a broader context with an international emphasis.

Vol. 1, Iss. 1, Semester 1, 2021, Joey Leszczynski

Thrive

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Fixed Income Fund Report, October 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Equity Fund Monthly Report, October 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act: The Fairest Of Them All?, Julia Sheehan

Honors Projects in Accounting

This study explores how the tax law changes made through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) had an impact on horizontal equity within the tax system. Through simulations of the “typical taxpayer,” or the median situated taxpayer and homeowner, homeownership tax benefits were computed using the TCJA law as well as the prior tax law. This was completed for both single and married filing joint taxpayers. The typical taxpayer’s benefits under each tax law were compared across various regions of the country to evaluate how horizontal equity had been changed. The simulations’ findings indicate that as a …

Fixed Income Fund Report, September 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Equity Fund Monthly Report, September 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

No abstract provided.

Syllabus For Diversity In A Global Environment, Eileen Kwesiga Phd

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This class will introduce students to theoretical and practical ideas about diversity in organizations, increase understanding of the concept of diversity in organizations, reduce discrimination, and increase fairness and equality to employees, applicants, and customers. In this current work environment, cultivating an understanding of social justice and managing people for sustainability is imperative. It will improve students’ ability to understand and address diversity as a manager and employee with the intention of building new frameworks for people oriented responsible management. By taking this course you are joining many others in the world who endeavor to change our immediate surroundings …

Equity Fund Monthly Report, August 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Inditex's Esg Performance In A Global Financial Market, Sara Habig

Honors Projects in Finance

Zara has become extremely popular as a global fashion enterprise and remains significantly profitable in the fashion industry. With a leading supply chain operation strategy, they have been a leading retailer for many decades. This empirical research study involves research and assessment of Inditex's ESG performance and evaluations based on ASSET4 data source's evaluations, using the Stata software. Results show that Inditex remains a strong competitor in the fast fashion industry when compared to its rivals within 4 different categorical markets: all sample firms in Spain, all global retailers, and all sample firms separated by continent. Inditex consistently outperformed their …

Fixed Income Fund Report, August 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

No abstract provided.

Fixed Income Fund Report, July 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Equity Fund Monthly Report, July 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Resilience & Growth, Angela Lee Duckworth, Amy C. Edmondson, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Arlan Hamilton

Women's Summit Presented by Bryant University

The Bryant University Women’s Summit® is the largest and longest-running conference for women in Rhode Island and the region. The current context has allowed us to reimagine this signature event.

We are happy to announce that 24th Women’s Summit will take place on June 16, 2021. We look forward to sharing our speakers, sessions and everything this fully virtual platform offers, from robust networking opportunities to meaningful interactions with our sponsors.

Archway Investment Fund Fixed Income Investment Policy, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Fixed Income Fund Report, June 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Equity Fund Monthly Report, June 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Examining Depreciation And Wealth Concentration Through Agent-Based Modeling, Armen Eghian

Honors Projects in Economics

Wealth concentration can be attributed to factors such as capital accumulation and income inequality. Overtime this can result in inequality in access to educational and healthcare and increase crime. Some researchers have studied patent law’s effect on wealth concentration, but its far reaching consequences leave many unknowns. My study shows a more active market of secondhand machinery reduces overall wealth concentration. This aligns with the research showing longer patent windows raise the cost of accumulating capital and reduce capital accumulation for unwealthy populations. Results from my simulation revealed a lower rate of depreciation allowed a strong secondhand capital market to …

Equity Fund Monthly Report, May 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

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Advertising In The Volunteer Tourism Industry: Analyzing The Relationship Between Social Exclusion And Self-Versus-Other Benefit Appeals., Lyndsay Swanston

Honors Projects in Marketing

This study aims to analyze how consumers perceive advertisements in the volunteer tourism industry when influenced by social exclusion and benefit appeals. The authors examined feelings, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of consumers in reference to an international volunteer trip advertisement. Based on data from a sample (n=259), findings demonstrated that consumers who felt more socially excluded responded more favorably to other-benefit appeals, opposed to self-benefit appeals. An interaction effect was discovered when looking at the degree of sympathy that participants felt regarding the advertisements. Participants who were socially excluded felt more sympathetic after viewing the other-benefit appeal advertisements, whereas those …

Environmental, Social, And Governance Performance Of Top-Rated Supply Chain Companies: A Quantitative Assessment Model, Noah Tellier

Honors Projects in Management

The objective of this paper is to create a quantitative method to determine the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) score of a company in order to mitigate the subjectivity or bias inherent in current ESG scoring methodologies. An ESG score is a metric that tells a consumer how well a firm is performing in meeting Environmental, Social and Governance aspects that are relevant to the firm. This paper effectively develops a new ESG scoring system based off of the Global Reporting Initiative ESG standards framework. Using this framework, ESG scores were calculated for companies in the Gartner Supply Chain Top …

Fixed Income Fund Report, May 2021, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

No abstract provided.