RESEARCH TOPICS

NOTE: Focus must be on APPLICATION of some CONCEPTS regarding ECONOMICS when you choose any area & dimension AREA DIMENSIONS: ISSUES & PROBLEMS Stock markets & Brokers, investors and mangers Foreign exchange markets Impact of speculation & measures need to control it composition of demand for foreign exchange Super stores Consumer preferences (MAKRO/METERO/SUPERSTAR) Marketing strategies Competition with regular shops Media Consumer taste (TV commercials, Tele/Internet Cost effective marketing strategies marketing) Market coverage Impact on industry [auto, advertisement] Mobile & Computers Consumer taste, lifestyles, time management Business / job/ trading/asymmetric information & risk Chamber of commerce & industries Role to develop local industry Trade patterns [export composition, import substitution] Private vs. Public sector Market competition Provision of good/services Efficiency vs. Equity [employment: skilled or essential] Consumers feedback mechanism, brand loyalty Management style/procedures Housing sector Provision format: Societies, GOR, Public-Private partnerships Consumer/Producers Food & Water supply Food streets, restaurants, fast food chains (Preferences, choices, cost/time sale of pure water effective provision) Energy/ Fuel crisis & management Load shedding, sui-gas shortages, Potential energy sources [coal, solar, wind, bio-gas ] Transport sector Public vs. Private sector transport services Intercity bus/tram services Local government Toll taxes Road construction & maintenance Health services Hospitals, medicines & medical stores, surgical instruments, laboratories, nursing, machines & equipments. Furniture industry Environmental damage; Clustering Automobile sector Congestion; Pollutions; Fuel consumption overload Madras education setup Earning capacity, qualification parity Publishing & Printing Education cost; innovative competition e.g., Electronic copies Plastic & Ceramics Production technologies; Consumption patterns Agriculture sector Poultry farming; Livestock; Cropping, vegetables, fruits Irrigation & canal management Crop sector productivity Software industry Human resource development; Digital support; Record keeping & maintenance Electric appliances Leasing companies Banking & Insurance Credit card usage; Impact on money demand; Moral Hazards Sanitation & Garbage collection Recycling; Flood & seepage control Sports Gambling; Foreign exchange earning potentials; Tourism Foreign exchange earning potentials; Trade exposures Police & defense Productive vs. non-productive expenditure; Peace & Security