Starting and completing a Senior Honors Thesis is one of the most exciting and challenging tasks a student can pursue at the College of Management. An Honors Thesis represents the culmination of a successful academic career; it offers an opportunity to integrate all the knowledge and skills learned to date, while pushing students to apply that knowledge to an issue that is specific and relevant. Honors Thesis students work with an esteemed faculty from one of the Management disciplines: Finance, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Information Science and Operations. This mentoring relationship between student and faculty can bring out the best in both, sometimes leading to a collaboration that is published in an academic journal for other professionals in the field, or in a journal of practice for executives, managers and policy-makers at the leading edge of business.
The College of Management Honors Thesis program is open to seniors who have demonstrated excellence in core courses and in their major concentration.
This collection may contain open access and campus access honors theses. The full content of open access theses is available to all, although some files may have embargoes placed on them and will be made available as soon as possible. The full content of campus access theses is only available to those either on the UMass Boston campus or with a UMass Boston campus username and password. Click on the "Off-Campus UMass Boston Users" link on the record page to download Campus Access publications.
Honors Theses from 2012
Effect of Corporate Venture Capitalism on the Post-IPO Performance of Companies, Devansh Bajaj
Arguments for a Living Wage in the United States: Prospects for Persuasion and Expansion, Corinne Bazzinotti
Risk Aversion and Former Collegiate Athletes as Financial Investors, Tyler Buccetti
Java Applet Awareness Impacting User Web Browsing Behavior, Norilyz Figueroa
Fashion Enthusiasts, Casey Finigan
Fear of Asking: Factors that Inhibit Latinos in Seeking and Obtaining Credit for Small Business, Brenda Hernandez
Employee Compliance with Information Systems Security Policy in Retail Industry. Case: Store Level Employees, Bertrand Muhire
Sustainability of MFIs through Governance Mechanisms: A cross-Country Analysis of Regulation on Outreach and Operational Self Sufficiency, Daniel Muwamba
The Impact of the Arab Spring on Social Ventures in the MENA Region: A Case Study of Morocco, Nacik Sadiq
Extreme Enthusiasts in Online and Offline Radio Control Helicopter Communities, Eyal Stein
The Correlation between Off-Shoring and Tax Avoidance, Elena Svetlov
Honors Theses from 2011
Facebook Addiction: Factors Influencing an Individual's Addiction, Erica Sherman