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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The response to left-wing radicalism in Portland, Oregon, from 1917 to 1941, Andrew Nils Bryans
Emergency Project Management in Ground Zero, A. Afsin Bulbul, Yu Chen, Ahmet Ege, Diana Laboy-Rush, Elvan Ozar, Suttha Suriyabhivadh, and Natthapong Viriyarojanakul
Employee Outsourcing Optimization Project, Ali Afsin Bulbul, Cheryl Duarte, Timour Khamnayev, Archie Patdu, Joao Simoes, and Saad A. Siddiqui
Selection of US Candidate City for 2012 Summer Olympic Host City, Ali Afsin Bulbul, Pisek Gerdsri, Diana Laboy-Rush, Tony Sandiford, and Suttha Suriyabhivadh
European Union, Ali Afsin Bulbul, Faheem Jan, Matthew M. Hickey, Mehmet Can Erginsoy, Saad A. Siddiqui, and Sarka Dluhosova
Project Management Framework Proposal: for Office of Information Technology at Portland State University, Dulyapun Buranawit, Heshan Jayasuriya, Phasin Komonchaisak, Suttha Suriyabhivadh, and Ivan Patricio Hernandez
Motorola Global Strategy, Dulyapun Buranawit, Phasin Komonchaisak, and Wissanu Sumitsawan
Team Report No. 2: The Evolution of a Culturally-Different High Performance Team, Daniel Campean, C. Chung-Sine, Shane LaBelle, Khoi Le, and Archie Patdu
A Reactive Model of the Innovation-Decision Process, Brent Capps
Choosing a Ph.D. Topic, Brent Capps
Project Management Framework, Eddie Cespedes, Fatih Ersan, Javier Espinoza, Priya Ajgaonkar, and Stephen Knewitz
Forest Landscape Change Detection in the Meseta Purépecha, Michoacán, México, John Malcolm Chase
Ballard Power Systems Fuel Cells, Avnish Chauhan, Lydia Haid, Doug Harms, Jod Oudom, and Atsunobu Takeshita
Internet Access Time for PSU Students, Che-Min Cheng
Enron: Strategic Impacts on Technology Management, Che-Min Cheng, Julie Cyris, John Garlitz, Watjana Linhavess, and Panumas Siritianthong
HP/Compaq Merger: Merging Technological Innovation, Che-Min Cheng, Julie Cyris, John Garlitz, Watjana Linhavess, and Panumas Siritianthong
Buying a House: The Decision-Making Process, Bindu Chilka, Hashir Kidwai, Mubarak Al-Khaili, Saad A. Siddiqui, and Scott Leavengood
Writing in the Contact Zone: Three Portraits of Reflexivity and Transformation, Laurene L. Christensen
Modeling and Computing Probabilities of NBA Players Shooting Averages: Empirical and Theoretic Distributions, Gokhan Ciftci, Sarka Dluhosova, and Serhat Ozcanli
Querying Geographically Dispersed, Heterogeneous Data Stores: The PPerfXchange Approach, Matthew Edward Colgrove
Improving Roll Call at the Clackamas County Sheriff Office, Rod Conduragis, Joy Heredos, Doug Heredos, and Lynn Schoenfeld
Empirical and Theoretical Distribution Comparison “Customer Analysis”, Kitti Dachavorawuth and Wissanu Sumitsawan
Public outreach and the "hows" of archaeology : archaeology as a model for education, Jon Darin Daehnke
PeopleSoft Payroll/Time & Labor 8.0 Implementation, Cem Demirci, Faith Ersan, Sam Majam, and Thang Nguyen
Microsoft: Corporate Strategies and Technology Management, Ahmet Ege, Peerawut Kantawat, Ray McCormack, Natthapong Viriyarojanakul, Tassawan Wongsuebchart, and Tolga Yakar