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Does Racial Discrimination Exist In The Nba?, Logan Kendall

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This paper aims to examines the affect of race on compensation for NBA players. Based on prior research, I pose the hypothesis that racial discrimination does exist in the NBA with there being a premium for white players. A second hypothesis I present based on the previous research is that the premium for white players exist for only some groups of players and for other groups there with not exist discrimination based on player race. By using career data from every player who played in the 2019-2020 NBA season and their 2019-2020 salaries, a few different models where ran. The …

A Business Plan For The Fitzgerald Institute, Elaine M. King, Matthew G. Deibel, Matthew J. Bulgrin, Alex Skeen, Stephanie N. Kieke

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This piece seeks to develop a business strategy for the University of Akron's Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurship. The recommendations given were developed utilizing research on entrepreneurial education and the desires of students at the university.

Goodyear Research Project, Morgan Mosiniak, Tristan T. Cavanaugh, Jared Kvaka

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

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A Socioeconomic Analysis Of Francophone And Anglophone West Africa, Jackson Gagne

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project seeks to examine and analyze the socioeconomic performances of four West-African countries; two from Francophone (French-speaking) West Africa and two from Anglophone (English-speaking) West Africa. It will tackle questions such as:

• What is the current socioeconomic condition of countries in this region?
• Which country is most suitable for investment?
• Is there a marked difference between the Francophone and Anglophone countries of West Africa?

And many more.

The Corrosion Behavior Of Aisi 304l Stainless Steel In Simulated Concrete Pore Solution. And A New Marketing Plan For Stainless Steel Rebars., Kenny Aronson

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The purpose of this project is to study the corrosion behavior of AISI 304L stainless steel, and to present the results for a new marketing strategy for a steel rebar manufacturer. This experiment involved the usage of cyclic potentiodynamic polarization tests to investigate the effect of chlorides on the pitting corrosion behavior of AISI 304L stainless steel in a simulated concrete pore solution with 3.5 wt.% chlorides. The results of this experiment showed that the chlorides caused a large increase in the corrosion current density of AISI 304L stainless steel indicating increased susceptibility to general corrosion and pitting corrosion. The …

Metisentry - Esports, Justin So, Nathan Ray, Bethany R. Truax, Ryan Hevesi, Daniel Shomper

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

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4 Goodyears, Justin Hofacker, Hannah Bryan, Stephen Sweitzer, Dean Dickirson, Nick Milich

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The objective of this research project is to develop a new product or service line for Goodyear that does not involve the production or sale of tires. Goodyear is interested in developing unique business ideas they can capitalize on in innovative ways. To accomplish this, it is important to understand Goodyear’s core competencies and how its knowledge and talent can be applied to new business activities. For this reason, we must first understand the company’s history, values, and goals.

What Works Where?, Edmond Davis

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

For this project my goal is to examine the management styles of three workplace environments and the relationships those styles create between the employees and their managers. I will endeavor to explore areas that can be improved from the management perspective of the work force so that employees will have more input in their workplace setting. The environments that this project will look into are the office setting, retail setting, and labor setting. Information for this project was collected via questionnaires that I constructed. There were two surveys distributed for this project. One survey was for employees and the others …

Metisentry E-Sports Project Honors Forum, Dylan Meyer, Michael Ciarvarella, Ben Stephens, Michael Farkas, Miya Timura

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Our group, as part of the CBA Honors Integrated Business Forum, was chosen to work with the Service as a Software company MetiSentry. We are required to help them create some type of software to capitalize on the growing e-sports market. We will be researching the current state, as well as the future state, of the e-sports community and determining the most effective way to capitalize on the growing market. This will culminate in a presentation to MetiSentry at the end of the Spring 2020 semester.

Goodyear Project - Mile Marker 0, Nolan Howard, Catherine Elizabeth Rardin, Tyler Michael Henning, Benjamin D. Benton, Matthew Jacob Kennelly

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This report offers recommendations and implementation methods of different modes of entry for Goodyear to enter into the last mile delivery market. Goodyear came to us with the prompt, "pick a customer segment, build a strategy, frame how it works and pitch the idea," and this paper attempts to answer this prompt.

The Fitzgerald Institute For Entrepreneurial Studies Innovation Project, Tyler Blazynek, Laura Brink, Lucas Daull, Hailee Olson, Agostino Rocca, Andrew Adolph

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

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How Access To Finances Affects Gender Inequality Across Cultures, Allison Muntin

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

While many studies of financial inclusion have been undertaken, very few discuss the inclusion of women. Financial inclusion plays a large role in unlocking resources for the disadvantaged, resulting in higher economic growth and development. The economic opportunity allows individuals and businesses to have a greater contribution to society as a whole, enhancing all aspects of the economy. This paper furthers the conversation of women’s access to financial institution accounts across cultures and what underlying factors play a key role. The results indicate that the female demographic has fewer financial institution accounts in comparison to men when: (i) a country’s …

Metisentry- E-Sports, Evan Kirian, Jennifer Cranmer, Kevin C. Edwards, Matthew Ackerman, Veronica Janosek, William A. Reilly

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

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Culture Of Countries And Country-Index Crash Risk, Jason Petri

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Previously crash- risk studies have focused on assessing at the firm level the likelihood of a firm’s equity to crash (a rapid decline in value), apart from the dynamics of its respective country-level market. In this study, however, I examine the determinants of an overall countrylevel equity crash apart from the dynamics of the global market. I will argue that this is a very different focus of analysis that will provide valuable information to both investors and policy makers. Expansion of credit and subsequent equity-market bubbles and crashes are of particular concern to foreign direct investors (FDI), as country-level equity …