Browsing Graduate Theses by Title
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Work 'n' play in the informational city : F2F interaction and emerging work and leisure patterns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)The death of distance does not equal the death of cities and of urban life. Cities are transforming their roles and functions in reaction to a major technological shift --from post-industrial to informational. And contrary ... -
Work at home, home at work : building a bridge between private and public life
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)There is an increasing number of people who have chosen for one reason or another to work at home. The current trend toward working at home due to the advances of technology (computers, fax machines) and changing family ... -
The work of vitalism : Murano Togo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Murano Togo (1891-1984) was a Japanese architect who based his practice in the city of Osaka. Throughout his long career, Murano won numerous awards, most notably the Order of Culture in 1967 presented by the Royal family. ... -
Work reform in the high-technology industry of Route 128 and its effects on Cambodian immigrant labor
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Work, space, and communication: a study of research and development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964) -
Work, worship and performance : integrating the office building development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990)This thesis is the design of an office building which uses the air-rights to an existing church/performance hall. In the design, I try to acknowledge and express underlying economic relationships -- in particular, the ... -
Work-sharing framework for Apache Spark
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Apache Spark is a popular framework for distributed data processing that generalizes the MapReduce model and significantly improves the performance of many use cases. People can use Spark to query enormous data sets faster ... -
Worker owned cooperatives and the ecosystems that support them
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)By emphasizing wealth creation, communities can not only cultivate streams of income, but also build wealth. Through collectively owned and democratically governed assets, communities can build wealth. Economic development ... -
Worker rights protection in Mexico's Silicon Valley : confronting low-road labor practices in high-tech manufacturing through antagonistic collaboration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Front and center against a backdrop of globalization and the ensuing outsourcing of manufacturing activities to low-income countries, has been a growing interest from scholars regarding the protection of labor rights and ... -
Workflow Evaluation of Key Work Packages in Drug Product Technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020-09)The biopharmaceutical industry is growing more competitive both in the variation of product offerings and in speed to patients. Amgen’s increasing pipeline of promising drugs coupled with their continued focus on delivering ... -
Workforce Practices & Organizational Performance in Nursing Homes: Implications for Resident Health and COVID-19 Containment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)One in three COVID-19 deaths in the United States occurred in a nursing home, raising questions about how nursing home facilities might improve organizational performance on resident health outcomes. Though researchers ... -
WorkHotel
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)The office has for decades been touted as a model of flexibility, the super-generic shell facilitating the ultra-customized fit out. However, as technology fuels a de-territorialization of the workplace and employees are ... -
Working towards a future on alternative fuels : the role of the automotive industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Complementarity of vehicles and fuels has posed significant barrier for increasing the use of alternative fuels in place of traditional ones. An initial positive number of either alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) users or ... -
Working with APIs in App Inventor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)App Inventor is a widely used tool for inexperienced developers to learn to program for the first time with block-based coding. Although it offers a wide range of capabilities to be used when building apps, there has ... -
Working with what you've got : US strategy in Iraq
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Workload analysis and scheduling policies for a document processing centre
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis is the result of a six-month internship at the Steel Stock Department of Keppel FELS Singapore, a company which is involved in the design and construction of oil-rigs. The primary objective of this project is ... -
The workout process : considerations and strategies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991) -
Workout strategies for distressed properties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987) -
Workplace Change in an Age of Insecurity: Evidence from a U.S. Automaker
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)What accounts for the low adoption of high performance work practices in the U.S.? This study explores a political explanation: their survival depends on the cooperation of different social actors in organizations. Through ... -
Workspace in transition : rethinking workspace through the design of reconfigurable worksurfaces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Communication is an integral part of today's workplace, linking people, objects, and information. Now that knowledge exchange is considered a significant work activity, new technologies have been developed to support ...