This thesis explores why professional services industries stratify into hierarchies and how firms change their positions in those hierarchies over time. Essay one is entitled "Reinforcing feedback between market position ...

Financial statement requirements, the Board of Directors, and the audit committee all represent methods of controlling the business decision of management in an effort to protect the investments of investors and creditors. ...

Venture capital has been an important factor in driving innovation and creating wealth in the US. Even outside the US, venture capital is playing an increasingly important role, influencing many aspects of start-up companies. ...

Large Structure Manufacturing (LSM) is in the midst of implementing a new robotic fastening system that has been designed with flexibility as a key feature. This thesis describes work done build a model of the new system ...

We study three capacity expansion problems in contemporary long distance telecommunication networks. The first two problems, motivated by a major long distance provider, address capacity expansion in national hybrid long ...

Purpose - This thesis analyzes the transformation of the Small Components Cell in Pratt & Whitney's aftermarket division through lean manufacturing techniques. The thesis focuses on use of a labor capacity planning model, ...

The aerospace industry is increasingly outsourcing and offshoring their supply chains in order to maintain profitability in the face of increasing competition and globalization. This strategy for value creation inevitably ...