Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-10-2025
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Accountancy
First Advisor
Victoria Dickinson
Second Advisor
Mark Wilder
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This Honors Practicum is a compilation of case studies completed under the supervision of Dr. Victoria Dickenson across two semesters of the course Accountancy 420 — Independent Study. The first semester (Fall 2023) of case studies involved both individual and group case studies examining various geopolitical implications of contemporary accounting, as well as the surge in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations affecting financial reporting. The second semester (Spring 2024) was mostly centered around a collaborative Mississippi economic development proposal project conducted by four other students and myself. In our project, we construct a business plan for a start-up broadband company in Mississippi, complete with analyses of capital requirements, multi-year operating costs, state and county-level tax and operating incentives, community demand and projected impact, and other relevant factors. Through these case studies, I was able to broaden my perspective on how certain accounting concepts and principles apply to current, on-going issues from scopes as narrow as the state and local level to as vast as the global economic environment at large.
Recommended Citation
Adams, Hayden Brennan, "From Fraud to Future: Accountancy Case Studies on Financial Illusions, Policy Failures, and the Economic Renaissance of Mississippi’s Broadband Initiative" (2025). Honors Theses. 3249.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/3249
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