SDSU Department of Management

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Student Projects

Master’s Thesis Committee Member

• Thesis Committee Member. Dolores Wiarco. Developments in Mexico’s Culinary Tourism Industry: Small Business Perspectives.(Fall 2012)
• Thesis Committee Chair. Erin Chmelik. Performance Measurement in the Context of International Social Enterprise.(Spring 2012)
• Thesis Committee Member. Kristin Lee. Study of Public/Private Partnerships. (Fall 2009)
• Thesis Committee Member. Joy Rohman. Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid. (Fall 2009)
• Thesis Committee Chair. David Schmitz. Barriers to Entrepreneurship in China (Summer 2009)
• Thesis Committee Member. Eser Ercil. Biotech Valuation (Summer 2008)
• Thesis Committee Member.William Perkins. Real Estate Development in the Baja Coastal Corridor: Infrastructure Issues, Strategies. (Fall 2007)

Culminating Experience Consulting Project Co-Advisor (BA 795)

• Charanpreet Singh, Chris Frank, I-Ting Chen, Renee Rubio: Raimo and Dawkins (Summer 2012)
• Kimberly Minkel. Bret Fredrickson, Maria Puerto Sanabria, Janet Noyes, Marissa Yessis. IContrib: Development of Business Plan. (Spring 2012)
• Jeremy Reich, Ryan Eagen, Nathan Rupert, Joe Weekley: Business Plan for Language Express (Spring 2011)
• Shawn Casey, Michael Doemeny, Catherine Milburn, Sriharish Rajakumar: Drew George and Partners: Plan for Sustainable Neighborhood (Spring 2010)
• ? Cheng-Yi Chen, Jamie Choi, Megan Christopher, John Spagnola: Planning for growth for San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce (Fall 2009)

Special Study in Entrepreneurship (MGT 798)

• Greg Schwartz. Global Machine Trader: Business development and case study. (Fall 2009)
• Mark Hersberger. Wairarapa Olives Limited: A Case Study. (Fall 2009)
• Flo Li. Business Plan Development for Online Emotional Well-Being Services. (Summer 2008)
• Sean Rae, Premdas Veeraputhira and Tiffany Hauschild. Simply Light: Distribution to the Base of the Pyramid. (Summer 2008)
• Billy Perkins. Developing a cross-border expert network. (Spring 2008)
• Dena Lewerke. Supervising her research project on drivers of refugee entrepreneurship in Africa and the U.S. (Fall 2007)
• Steve Froehlich. The role of network capabilities in the context of BNI. (Spring 2007)

Consulting Projects (BA 795)

• Shawn Casey, Michael Doemeny, Catherine Milburn, Sriharish Rajakumar: Drew George and Partners: Plan for Sustainable Neighborhood (Spring 2010)
• Cheng-Yi Chen, Jamie Choi, Megan Christopher, John Spagnola: Planning for growth for San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce (Fall 2009)

Directed Readings in Management (MGT 790)

• Dalia Tawy & Jacob Magdaleno: Fostering International Entrepreneurship in a Corporate Setting (Fall 2009)
• Sylvia Meloan: Implementing “green” strategies into the value chain (Spring 2008)
• Desimira Ivanova: Bulgaria’s “Brain Drain” Model: Brain Drain, Brain Gain or Brain Exchange (Spring 2008)
• Scott Fyffe: The organized crime entrepreneur: A case study of South Africa (Spring 2008)
• Dena Lewerke: Drivers of entrepreneurship among African refugees (Spring 2008)
• Lauren Reppa: Globalization’s Effect on Corporate Social Responsibility (Fall 2007)
• Duk San Kim: Strategic Management Plan for Axesstel, Inc., a Small International Company (Spring/Summer 2007 EMBA)
• Deanne Palmer: The internationalization of San Diego’s vineyards. (Spring 2007)
• Ahmet Okur: Turkish entrepreneurs in Iraq: Opportunities, challenges, motives and success (Spring 2007)
• Aaron Flatt: Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship (Fall 2006)
• Gregg Rothrock & John Mann: How to Decide on Outsource/Direct Dire Sales Force (Fall 2006)

Independent Study in Management (MGT 498)

• Jason Kirby: Establishment of a non-profit organization: A case study of One For San Diego. (Spring 2010)