Paper Topic help

[mac5155]

I have to write a paper on "the ten events of the last decade that most changed the business environment"... Since it's 2012, and I want to include the obvious 9/11, I'm stretching it and going back to 2000. Any suggestions? Here's what I've come up with thus far..

9/11
2008 financial / housing crisis
internet and social media
Oil prices
Enron/Lehman
G20
Iraq/Afghan wars
Natural Gas exploration
Obama's election (maybe I dont want to include this due to my liberal professor and my conservative views...)
Invention of Smartphones

any other ideas?

[count2infinity]

If he's a liberal, then he'll likely enjoy you discussing the Bush tax cuts

[KennyTheKangaroo]

the cost of employees jacking around on websites like letsgopens.com?

[mac5155]

If he's a liberal, then he'll likely enjoy you discussing the Bush tax cuts

Going out on a limb and saying he's liberal.. I got a bad grade on a paper i submitted siding with the employer in a union vs. employer battle...

[KennyTheKangaroo]

how about the growing questions of the cost/benefits of the MBA? That would probably be a hit with your professor

[count2infinity]

you should just go for broke and say it's all the fault of the minorities.

[TheHammer24]

Bush Tax Cuts
Madoff Scandal
Post 9-11 Recession
Bear Sternes (you mentioned housing crisis, though)

[KennyTheKangaroo]

the cost of ethanol on food prices?

theres gotta be a good sports subject for this.

[mac5155]

I feel like 10 events in 12 years may result in me overblowing some non-important topics.

[mac5155]

the cost of ethanol on food prices?

theres gotta be a good sports subject for this.

NHL Lockout of 05? (current?)

[MRandall25]

Is outsourcing a relatively recent thing?

[shafnutz05]

Banks learning that no matter how badly they eff up, the government taxpayers will step in to help them back on their feet

[Gaucho]

Introduction of the Euro
China

[Troy Loney]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Flat

[count2infinity]

Shad becoming the #1 poster on the site.

[Troy Loney]

Is outsourcing a relatively recent thing?

It hits industries differently.

[mac5155]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Flat

decade, not century

[Gaucho]

Banks learning that no matter how badly they eff up, the government taxpayers will step in to help them back on their feet

Liberal propaganda! Oh, wait...

[SoupOrSam]

Should stretch it to 1999. That's when the economy was placed into a blender, spinning on high, that was super-heated and rocket-propelled at the same time into a turbine jet engine. Then you can appear unbiased as it was Clinton and the Republicans that did it. You'll have a huge range of dogcrap to discuss and how it was really the single most destructive thing to our up-until-2008 "pretty stable fiat economy."

BLAM.

[Troy Loney]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Flat

decade, not century

21st century started in 2000.

[mac5155]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Flat

decade, not century

21st century started in 2000.

Yeah i saw that, it was also talking about the berlin wall? oh well.

[Troy Loney]

IF you could get that book out of the library it would help give you details. It talks about a lot of technical innovations and how they're being applied in business. (I remember a big section about some of the things Wal Mart was doing)

[Troy Loney]

Assuming that you have to write about these ten things you pick and not just list them.

[mac5155]

oh yeah i cant just list them. I was thinking roughly a page or 2 for each topic.

[Gaucho]

If the professor is any good he won't mind your conservative leanings I would hope think.