Beyond the homo economicus: Alternative models of human behavior in social sciences and literature (homo sociologicus, and/or homo reciprocans, homo cooperativus, homo ludens, homo moralis, homo kantiensis, etc).
Rational and irrational (economic) decisions: Factors influencing the decision process on the level of the individual, with examples – what do people sacrifice, and for what purpose?
Present 3-5 different cases, when a wave of fashion generated a spectacularly high demand for a certain type of good.
Choose two products or services which are substitutes of each other today, and present their history with an emphasis on their relationship and clashes. (examples: tea and coffee; substitute crops in agriculture; a competition history of two distinct brands with substitute products)
Present 3-5 different cases of current or recent price caps in the food industry, in 3-5 different countries. What is/was the effect of these rules?
Carbon pricing: present the elements that resemble price ceilings and price floors.
Choose a necessity product (one with low income elasticity of demand) and present its economic aspects (including the reasons for its low income elasticity of demand).
Choose a luxury good (a product with high income elasticity of demand) and present its economic aspects (including the reasons for its highly income elastic demand).
Choose a particular technology or the production process of a certain good, in any industry, and present its evolution over time. Use the concept of the production function, and its observable changes with regard to the technology / process chosen.
Present the “ecosystem” (business, social and technological environment) of a chosen firm in detail. How do the actors and features of its “ecosystem” affect the firm?
Are cybersecurity costs fixed or variable? Present an analysis of cybersecurity costs for firms.
Present 3-5 products or product types with long supply chains and a complex production cost structure. What are the different cost elements of production for each product?
Present one or more examples (a case study) of a firm / firms, which had gone bankrupt, or which would have gone bankrupt, had they not adjusted their business models / technologies. What were the reasons and what happened to their costs?
Choose a particular product or service, and present its national or global market structure. Which companies / brands compete, with what size of a market share? How does the market structure affect customers? How has the market structure changed over time?
Choose a market structure type (for example: oligopoly), and present 5 products or services with this particular local/global market structure. Which brands are present on / dominate the market? How stable is the situation of competition, and what could change it on the given markets?
Present the price discrimination strategy of 3 companies from these industries, 1 firm each: airlines, entertainment, and cosmetics retail.
Take 3 SMEs from an industry, and analyze them from the perspective of competitiveness. Compare them and present your findings.
Choose a medium-sized or larger corporation, and present an analysis of their factors of production.
Choose a labor force minority being discriminated against. Present their case, using statistics from international organizations and/or national statistics bureaus.
Present 3-5 significant employment law cases and judgements (global, historical options).
Choose a positive externality example, and illustrate its economic, social, etc. benefits in detail.
Choose a negative externality example and present 3-5 incidents, when it has caused damage.
Take one of the “extreme” opinions on income redistribution, and mitigate it with arguments.
Present 5 famous people (sports people, artists, royals, etc.) with their publicly available net worth figures. Compare the figures (and portfolios) to the incomes in the respective spheres/industries.
