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Globalization at NTT DoCoMo : implementing global business management strategies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Global business management has become one of the most important issues facing companies today, and global economic dynamics provide companies with both tremendous opportunities and formidable challenges. Countries are ...
Creating a diverse technical workforce in the Federal Government : the challenges of growing and sustaining technical talent in the new millennium
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The United States is a world leader in the global scientist and engineering enterprise, however with a shortage of US workers prepared to fill scientist and engineering positions in the future, other nations are preparing ...
Microcredit client risk profiling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Analysis of new and renewing microborrower risk behaviors at the Mexican microfinance institution FinComun shows that risk behavior can be predicted. The range of risk behaviors analyzed include: incidence of late payments, ...
Growth, litigation and innovation of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Wide-spread usage of peer-to-peer file-sharing began in the late 1990's with Napster-a network that allowed users to share digital music without going through legal channels to purchase the copyrighted material. Since ...
Process management principles for increasing the energy efficiency of manufacturing operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Energy usage is a significant operating cost for manufacturing facilities in the United States, and interest in energy management has been rising of late, 2, 3]. One approach, recommended by the Environmental Protection ...
Commercializing university biomedical ideas : problems and opportunities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The level of entrepreneurship and commercialization of inventions at universities in the United States varies widely. This study attempts to uncover the factors that may explain the differences in the attitude toward ...
Business strategy for power distribution equipment manufacturer in a deregulated electric power industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
A global sourcing strategy for durable tooling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Competitive pressures in manufacturing industries have led to an increased utilization of strategic sourcing initiatives: among them is low cost sourcing. While low cost sourcing has been used extensively for direct ...
Innovation enabling manufacturing processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Global operations for multinational companies today pose a particularly challenging environment for maintaining fluid knowledge transfer and effective communication methodologies. In a continuous drive for product innovation, ...
Transitioning technology from R&D to production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Corporate research and development (R&D) drives progress in the high-tech industries. Companies that advance the state-of-the-art in product performance enjoy significant advantages over the competition. However, although ...