Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
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ContributorsCline, Reid (Author) / Liu, Carol (Thesis director) / Wolfe, Mindy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-12
ContributorsCline, Reid (Author) / Liu, Carol (Thesis director) / Wolfe, Mindy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-12
Description
This thesis explores investing through the lens of value investing theory. It begins by examining the four M's of value investing: Meaning, Moat, Management, and MOS. The thesis then explains how to make a valuation for these companies using three different valuation methods. After exploring the theory through various authors like Phil Towns, the theory is applied to four companies. These companies are Bloomin' Brands, Texas Roadhouse, Citi Trends, and TJX Companies. The thesis explores how value investing theory is applied to each company and then a valuation is formed for two of them.
ContributorsCline, Reid (Author) / Liu, Carol (Thesis director) / Wolfe, Mindy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)
Created2023-12
Description
Initially, this thesis was about analyzing the available resources to domestic violence victims to see what was most useful (Financial assistance, vocational skills, housing, etc.), but I soon found out that domestic violence shelters do not track what resources are most successful with survivors. To find out why this may be, I conducted a general climate study of domestic violence in the Phoenix area to learn more about the environment at the shelters themselves and how they approach survivor care.
ContributorsGallagher, Sedona (Author) / Wilkey, Douglas (Thesis director) / Fox, Kate (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor)
Created2023-12
DescriptionThis project asks the question: Are significant accounting crimes prevented from occurring through new legislation, increased prosecution of existing legislation, or a different solution? Three of the major accounting scandals (Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom) are reviewed, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is explained, and accounting scandals since 2002 are explored.
ContributorsGriedl, Christianna (Author) / Shields, David (Thesis director) / Jordan, Erin (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor)
Created2024-05
Description
The music genre of hair metal serves as a fascinating portrait of the 1980s. I found in hair metal a set of very concerning beliefs about masculinity, freedom, and consumption that reflect the essential values, beliefs, and mores of the 80s. Functioning as a response to changing gender roles and a shifting economic environment, hair asserts masculine liberty and helps its listeners assuage any fears they may have about threats to the status quo or their way of life.
ContributorsUnsworth, Erik (Author) / Voorhees, Matthew (Thesis director) / Carrasco, Clare (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor)
Created2024-05
Description
The "no compromise" gun rights movement, which advocates against any form of gun control and the absolute right to keep and bear arms, and white Christian nationalism, a cultural framework built on the belief that Christianity should serve as the foundation of the American government, have both recently come to the national political forefront. The connection between these two movements runs deep: white Christian nationalism informs the religious rhetoric of the "no compromise" movement. To understand why this is, the existing scholarship argues that white Christian nationalists advocate against gun control because they believe the Second Amendment is divinely inspired and that gun control does not address what they perceive to be a moral decline in the United States. However, these explanations are insufficient to fully grasp the inherent importance of guns and gun rights to white Christian nationalists. Therefore, I examine the specific roles that guns play in their worldview.
ContributorsMyers, Patrick (Author) / Young, Alexander (Thesis director) / Livingston, Lindsay (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor)
Created2023-12
Description
Concero Partners is committed to pioneering innovative capital solutions in emerging markets, with a strategic focus on Latin America. By leveraging a state-of-the-art online brokerage platform, Concero Partners aims to democratize access to global capital for small to mid-sized businesses in Chile and Brazil, enhancing financial transparency and fostering economic growth. At the heart of our mission is bridging the capital accessibility gap and simplifying transactions by collaborating with regional audit firms to standardize financial reporting, enhance market transparency, and make businesses more attractive to global investors. Beyond facilitating financial transactions, our broader goal is to stimulate economic growth by creating a more interconnected, efficient, and robust M&A ecosystem.
ContributorsHarmon, William (Author) / Freiheit, William (Co-author) / Dalton, Ryan (Co-author) / Seykora, Colton (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Thomasson, Anna (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor)
Created2024-05
Description
The project was to develop a US GAAP and IFRS based financial reporting software application. The application will
reference the relevant codification under US GAAP or IFRS accounting standards and provide the user
with a step-by-step guide to recording technical accounting entries dictated under the relevant
codification or standard. The software solves for the need to hire external expertise to perform such
tasks. Through a series of relevant inputs, in-house accounting staff (or students) are afforded the
opportunity to methodically work through the accounting topic or arrangement with reference to the
codification and accounting standards. The software provides the final deliverables generally expected
for financial reporting.
ContributorsVillani, Jacob (Author) / Macabou, Elise (Co-author) / Jain, Sejal (Co-author) / Lim, Jonathan (Co-author) / Call, Andy (Thesis director) / Hunt, Neil (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
Created2024-05