BBA Research paper (Bachelor of Business Administration) Application with the topic and supervisor’s signature has to be submitted to the dean’s office by 22.09.15! Associate Professor Anneli Kaasa (room A210) How has the Internet changed the concept of social capital? Who do we trust? Institutional trust in Europe How the socio-economic factors influence the attitudes towards immigrants? (based on the ESS) How the socio-economic factors influence the attitudes towards immigrants? (based on the EVS) Lecturer Eneli Kindsiko (room A206) (eneli.kindsiko@gmail.com) Management Business ethics Lecturer Kurmet Kivipõld (room A218) Leadership Lecturer Maire Nurmet (room A306) Financial services and financing patterns PhD student Nataliia Otsapenko (room A110) Innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth: advanced and developing countries’ differences The role of economic and political institutions in entrepreneurial activity Entrepreneurship and economic development Micro and macro factors affecting entrepreneurship Institutional structure and entrepreneurial activity Professor Tiiu Paas (room A209) Youth employment in the Baltic States Income inequality Associate Professor Eve Parts (room A210) Positive and negative effects of globalisation in your home country The effect of economic growth on poverty and inequality Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of immigrants (as compared with natives; in selected country) Attitudes towards immigrants (in selected country) Student can come up with his/her own topic related to economic growth and development Lecturer Helen Poltimäe (room A207) Fuel poverty in your home country / EU Passenger transport trends and the factors related (in your home country or EU) Energy taxes in the EU Students can come up with his/her topic related to energy, transport and environment or if planning using econometric methods in the research Associate Professor Anne Reino (room A219) Organizational culture, business communication, business ethics Associate Professor Tõnu Roolaht (tonu.roolaht@ut.ee) Internationalisation challenges of a small start-up company Internationalisation of a company as organisational innovation Internationalisation barriers of service providers +Topics proposed by student relating to international business and/or innovation Professor Maaja Vadi (room A320) Managerial job: scope and practices in different contexts (various aspects can be focused, for example, managerial level, country, industry etc.) National culture and its role in the organizations (or in some specific activity like negotiation, communication) Sales communication from the perspective of sales assistant Viktor Trasberg, Associate professor (room A210) Countries competitiveness factors and dynamics Corporate Income Tax (CIT) trends in the European Union E-commerce taxation Immigration impact on country’s economic growth and competitiveness