As traditional industrial uses in the U.S. have declined, Somerville, Massachusetts has similarly seen a decline in active industrial uses, together with a loss of living wage jobs. Somerville, like many New England cities, ...

The ailing U.S. health care system faces two tremendous challenges: a rising health care bill and a growing number of uninsured individuals. Several policies have been enacted to tackle these challenges but they are ...

Preservation today focuses on the historicizing of events, and the objectifying of these historic artifacts, taking away its ability for further change. It becomes a single artifact, distancing itself from contemporary ...

The timeshare industry has transformed since its introduction to the United States nearly thirty years ago. Suffering from its early beginnings of dubious business practices and negative consumer perception, timesharing ...

Like many service-oriented industries before it, the wealth management industry is facing changing demographics, regulations, and technologies. This thesis examines the major trends impacting the industry, namely regulations ...

We live in an age where industrial chemicals are central to the modem economy serving as the basis for all man-made fibers, life-science chemicals and consumer products. Owing to globalization, the industry has grown to ...