Trading and Signing Players in Basketball

http://www.logodesignlove.com/

RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE: Basketball

KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  People gain when they trade voluntarily.

OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE: How do teams decide which players to sign and trade for?

• 3-4 SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
• How do trades work?
• How Sports Trading Works
• How do teams decide what’s a fair trade?
• Trading in Sports
• How do teams decide how much to pay an athlete?
• NBA Free Agency Salaries
• Professional Athlete Salaries

The Future of Virtual Reality

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The Future of Virtual Reality

Source: http://assets.vg247.com

Research question:

What incentives will people have to apply virtual reality to different industries?

Sub questions:

• How will virtual reality revolutionize the construction and real estate industries? Source: https://www.pixelperfect-studios.com/virtual-reality-real-estate/
• What effect will virtual reality have on the entertainment industry? Source: http://uploadvr.com/6-reasons-vr-will-thrive-film-entertainment-industries/
• What can virtual reality do to benefit the military? Source: http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality-military/
• How will virtual reality be utilized in the medical field? Source: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-ways-virtual-reality-is-revolutionizing-medicine-and-healthcare/

Joining the Military

Source: https://usercontent1.hubstatic.com

• RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE: Joining the United States Military

• KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  Because of scarcity, people choose. All choices have an opportunity cost. People (usually) respond to incentives in predictable ways.

• OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE: Why do people choose to join the military, and what incentives does the gov’t provide to influence people’s decision making.

• 3-4 SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
• What is the opportunity cost of joining the military?

• Reasons To Not Join the Military

• What are career benefits to joining the military?
  Military Benefits At a Glance
• What are other benefits to joining the military?

  Comparing Military Pay and Benefits To Civilian Jobs

Warner Bros.

warnerbros.com

• RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE: Opportunity costs for Warner Brothers Entertainment (Production Company)

• KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  Opportunity Cost

• OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE: What are opportunity costs for Warner Bros Entertainment's movies? How do they choose which movie to make?

• 3-4 SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
• How does Warner Bros budget?

Script re-writes, like cutting out night scenes or using less commercial areas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_budgeting

• What kind of budgets does warner bros have work with?

The Man From Uncle had a budget of $75 million

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638355/

• How does Warner Bros work with time?

It took 7 years to make Suicide Squad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Squad_(film)

Incentives to Preserve the Environment

Neil Fortman

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• RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE: Preserving the environment in our daily lives

• KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  People (usually) respond to incentives in predictable ways.

• OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE: What incentives can society & government create to encourage people to preserve the environment? 

• 3-4 SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
• How can we help preserve the environment in our daily lives?
• http://needtoknow.nas.edu/energy/energy-use/
• http://hydrogenhouseproject.org/the-hydrogen-house.html
•  Will people voluntarily change their daily lives to help preserve the environment?
• http://business.time.com/2010/02/15/why-people-arent-sold-on-energy-efficiency-in-their-homes/
• http://cligs.vt.edu/recycle/
• What are possible incentives to convince people to help preserve the environment?
• http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22410962/ns/us_news-environment/t/cities-offer-incentives-save-energy/
• http://energy.gov/eere/femp/energy-incentive-programs-illinois

Harambe and others

SOURCE: http://i2.mirror.co.uk

• KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:   Institutions are the “rules of the game” that influence choices.

• OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE: What rules or regulations should there be for animals' containment in zoos?

• 3-4 SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
• How is it considered brutality towards non-domestic animals by enclosing them in habitats?
• Is it possible to increase the safety of fences and gates to prevent people from getting hurt?
• How can we improve habitat structure for animals in zoos?

Hamilton Passion Project

source: http://www.hamiltonbroadway.com

• RESEARCH TOPIC:  Hamilton

• KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  People gain when they trade voluntarily.

• OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE:  How has Hamilton been able to dominate the musical theater world and attract watchers from all over the world, even with its incredibly high ticket prices, all while benefiting their customers when they chose to trade voluntarily?

• SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION
• What are the main factors why people see Hamilton?
• Why Hamilton Matters: the Broadway triumph is the antidote to our identity-obsessed culture
• Funky Founder
• Lin-Manuel Miranda Talks ‘Hamilton’: Once a ‘Ridiculous’ Pitch, Now A Revolution
• How ‘Hamilton’ is Revolutionizing the Broadway Musical
• ‘Hamilton’ is the most Important Musical of our Time
• Price of tickets, and further the price of tickets per each seating section.
• Hamilton Official Broadway
• Tickets: Hamilton
• Difference in Hamilton and other musicals.  
• Can Pop Musicals Bring New Audiences to Broadway
• Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr. Reveal How Rent Shaped History and Hamilton

Why Are Companies Creating Advances in Technology for Disabled Children?

source: http://tribune-intl.com/

KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  People (usually) respond to incentives in predictable ways.

RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE:

What incentives do companies & researchers have for developing the technology that assists children who are disabled?

SUB-QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE TOPIC:

• What technology is available to people who are disabled?
• How Do Special Education Students Benefit from Technology?
• Use of Computer Technology to Help Students with Special Needs
• What are up and coming technological advances for such children?
• Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Disability
• Technology for Disabilities
• Technological Advances for the Disabled Benefit Everyone
• Is there a way that technology can eliminate certain academic challenges?
• How Technology is Helping Special-Needs Students Excel

• What are technology companies doing to benefit these children?
• How Tech Companies Are Making Their Apps More Accessible to the Disabled
• Tech Companies Team With Colleges To Make The Internet A Welcome Place For People With Disabilities

Treatment of Zoo Animals

Source: http://static.zoonar.com/

RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE: Treatment of Zoo Animals- Harambe

KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  

Institutions are the “rules of the game” that influence choices.

OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE: What rules and regulations should institutions have to allow wild animals be put into captivity?

3-4 SUB QUESTIONS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION

• What more can zoo’s do to appeal or make animals more comfortable?
• Is it possible to have Zoo Habitats Without Human Interference?
• Does Natural Habitats Offer Insights into Social Behavior of Animals?
• Is it possible to tame a once wild animal or do animals have to be born into captivity to succeed as a zoo animal?
• It it true that Exotic Animals Can Never Really Be Pets?
• Is the concept of Taming Wild Animals unrealistic?
• Is visiting animals in captivity really benefiting us?
• Are Zoos Good or beneficial to us?
• Do Zoos Teach us anything?
• Are zoo’s preventing for accidents such as these or are they just reacting as they happen?
• What are the protocols for Health and Zoo Safety?
• Are they improving Zoo Enclosure Standards?

New Forums of Tech and Innovation

Source: http://www.dharmahomesuites.com

• RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE:  New Forms of Tech / Innovation

• KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE I’M ADDRESSING:  People (usually) respond to incentives in predictable ways.

• OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION THAT CONNECTS MY TOPIC TO THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE:   What incentives do companies have to create new technicalities?

• 3-4 SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
• How have these technologies been used
• Auto pilot Tesla cars
• space X rocket landing
• How could these new technologies effect the economies
• Virgin Galactic
• space mining
• Why do companies need to make innovations 
• Learn Market