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Oregon Schools: Rural versus Urban?, Cem Demirci, Lisa Kasel, Hung-Hui Lin, and Karl Schorr
Strategic & Policy Issues Paper: Strategic Issues in the Telecommunications Industry - A Porter Model of the Telecommunications Industry, Deana Dow, Hai Nam Kim, Troy Landers, Dan Mak, Saif Saeed, and Michelle Simpson
National Supply Chain In-transit Cargo Security, Gord Edwards, Asser Fayed, Yucel S. Helimoglu, Supachart Iamratanakul, and Elmer Wong
eBay (Strategic and Policy Issues), Daniel Everding, Arthur Cabanban, Susmita Kar, Phanichandra Gunturu, Fayez Hjouj, and Ihab Obeidi
The Power of Place: Building Community Character on SE Division Street, Quinn Fahey, Josh Birks, Jeff Caudill, John Mermin, and Kenneth Radin
Evaluation and Selection Process for a Wireless Home Network, Asser Fayed, John Garlitz, Samir Said, and Yuan-Chi Huang
Fundamental Conditions for the Evolution of Altruism: Towards a Unification of Theories, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher
Fur Trade Daughters of the Oregon Country: Students of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, 1850, Shawna Lea Gandy
Real Estate Investment Strategy Study, Sylvain Gazaille, Chidchon Lavitrangsima, Kritchai Paungchomphu, and Adisorn Tuntikul
Kangley-Echo Lake Transmission Line Construction Project Analysis, Joseph F. Genduso
Identification of the Literature Gaps on Technology Foresight in Developing Economy, Pisek Gerdsri
Legal Ramifications of Outsourcing on Project Management, Kevin S. Goodrich
Trends and Issues in the Global Outsourcing of Project Management, Kevin S. Goodrich
Creating a Project Management Strategy for Freightliner Engine Routing Commonization, Sung Han, Quinn Collett, and Basel Jaffal
Inventory Control in Thai Restaurant Business, Suwat Hattagarun, Piyawan Jhetson, Nutthapong Mitranond, and Mathias I. Sunardi
Impact of Communication and Information Technologies on Business Practices, Abram Hernandez, Bjoern Bierl, Chad Moore, Jason Moore, and Johannes Grefe
A Dialect Study of Oregon NORMs, Lisa Wittenberg Hillyard
PPerfGrid: A Grid Services-Based Tool for the Exchange of Heterogeneous Parallel Performance Data, John Jared Hoffman
The Sullivan's Gulch Trail Study, Michael Hoffmann, Darren Muldoon, Joseph Schaefer, and Will Morgan
Technology Forecasting Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Oliver Lane Inman
Holographix Corporation Business, Prashant Iyer, Vikas Singhal, Chris Cheng-Yuu Chen, Irfan Khawaja, and Basel Jaffal
Capital Acquisition in Airline and Semiconductor Industries, Mayur Jagtap, Yucel S. Helimoglu, Narit Puttaraksar, Paramon Vataniyobol, and Papoj Pharsukdee
The Origin of Portland, Oregon's Waterfront Park: A Paradigm Shift in City Planning (1967-1978), Michael Anthony Jenner
The Relationship of Parenting with Adolescent Problem Behaviors and Healthy Development: An Application of a Motivational Model of Development, Sharon Ann Johnson
TeaBag: A Debugger for Curry, Stephen Lee Johnson