Dr. Lynn Hollen Lees, Co-Director, The Lauder Institute


Thesis

The intellectual curiosity of Lauder students goes well beyond business. The Master’s thesis was conceived with this in mind. A requirement for graduation, the thesis is both an integral part of the Lauder learning experience and a unique opportunity to pursue academic research. Students work closely with a thesis advisor from the School of Arts & Sciences to choose their own topic and conduct original, in-depth research.

Each year, one outstanding thesis is awarded the Lauder Institute Reginald H. Jones Thesis Prize, which was established in 1998.

Lauder Institute Reginald H. Jones Thesis Prize Winners:

2008
Robert Lane Sammon
Mullas and Maliks: Understanding the Roots of Conflict in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area

2007
Azim Barodawala
"As a Sapphire...to the blades of grass": The Rationality of Politics and Power in Vijayanagar

2006
Matthew E. Addision
Consorcios and Brazil’s Consumer Credit Innovation

2005
Joseph Patrick Gaffney
Jordan's Qualified Industrial Zones: A Qualified Success?

2004
Sarah Ingmanson
Corporate Pension Reform in Japan: Big Bang or Bust?

2003
Francois D. Desne
Social and Political Challenges of the Chinese SOE Reform

2002
Ramsey Elia
Will Spanish Survive in the United States Amongst Second-Generation Hispanics?

2001
Edmund Marcum
Argentina-punto-com: An Analysis of the Development
         of the Dot-com Sector of
         Argentina

2000
Jennifer Leonard
Socialism versus Liberalism: Globalization's Impact on the
         Social and Business Systems
         in France

Other Notable Theses:

2006
James Gerwe
The Latin American Curse:
A Chilean Case Study on the Underperformance of Latin American Countries

Bryce Goodwin
The Path to a Smarter Globalization—Overcoming the Ethnonationalist Challenge to Free Market Democracy: A Case Study of the Lebanese Diasporain Senegal

David Leifert
Why Has the French Socialist Party Shunned the Rhetoric of the Third Way? An Explanatory Model Extended to Britain, Germany, and Italy

Farhan A. Syed
Integration and Isolation: A Comparative Study of Immigrant Muslims in the United States and the United Kingdom

2004- Special recognition for writing the thesis in language

Florencia Kassai
Union Européenne: Vers un Modèle de Fédération Inédit

2003
Uhriel E. Wood
The Socio-cultural Impact of Fast Food on Parisian Dining          Habits and Pop Culture

2002
Sylvie Choukroun
Enron in Maharashtra: Power Sector Development
         and National Identity in
         Modern India

2001
Shimon Shkury
Wage Differences Between White Men and Black Men in
         the United States of America

2000
David Salisbury
Cultural Conflict and Christianity in Japan: A case study of the LDS Church