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Evaluating the technical innovation landscape for wind energy's competitive future : a value creation -- value capture analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis utilizes a systems approach to develop a framework to analyze the value creation and value capture potential of technical innovations in the wind energy sector of the electric power industry. Six technical ...
Cost prediction via quantitative analysis of complexity in U.S. Navy shipbuilding
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
As the sophistication and technology of ships increases, U.S. Navy shipbuilding must be an effective and cost-efficient acquirer of technology-dense one-of-a-kind ships all while meeting significant cost and schedule ...
Understanding government and railroad strategy for crude oil transportation in North America
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
On July 6, 2013, an oil-laden unit train derailed and exploded in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada, killing 47 people, shocking and saddening many, and leading to significantly increased public scrutiny of crude oil transported ...
Analysis of a top-down bottom-up data analysis framework and software architecture design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Data analytics is currently a topic that is popular in academia and in industry. This is one form of bottom-up analysis, where insights are gained by analyzing data. System dynamics is the opposite, a top-down methodology, ...
Financial modeling of new product development economics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Product design and development is a complex process that involves extensive engineering considerations as well as management decisions based on the overall vision for the product. Traditionally, most decision making in ...
U.S. Coast Guard financial management : a systems approach to business process reengineering
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is undertaking an enterprise-wide Financial Management Business Process Re-Engineering (FM BPR) effort that will transform its delivery of financial management services which support ...
A systems thinking approach to IT process automation gaining efficiencies in very large multi-service data centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Keeping up with the Joneses, in an Information Technology (IT) sense, is not a feel good activity, it's a necessity to remain competitive. Building and maintaining a relevant, reliable, and scalable IT service infrastructures, ...
Strategies to enhance long-term competitiveness in the telecommunications industry : lessons for NTT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
In the telecommunications industry, the market is highly global as well as competitive in this era of Internet and data communications. Telecommunications carriers compete with not only other telecommunications carriers ...
Absolute localization of mobile robots in forest environments by correlating ground LiDAR to overhead imagery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
A method for the autonomous geolocation of ground vehicles in forest environments is presented. The method provides an estimate of the global horizontal position of a vehicle strictly based on finding a geometric match ...
Digital marketing : role in new age marketing - revolutionary or evolutionary
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This paper is a result of my passion for marketing and a humble attempt to understanding the changes surrounding, and impacting how companies communicate value to their customers and partners. It outlines the evolution ...