Browsing Management - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Uncertainty and learning in sequential decision-making : the case of climate policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)The debate over a policy response to global climate change has been and continues to be deadlocked between 1) the view that the impacts of climate change are too uncertain and so any policy response should be delayed until ... -
Understanding outcomes of the organizational entry process : a comparison of the situationist, individualist, and interactionist perspectives
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991) -
Understanding the BlackBerry : negotiating connectivity in different organizational worlds
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)This research challenges the popular conception that BlackBerry use is solely an individual phenomenon. Email is social. People use and experience the potential for wireless email in terms of their occupational identity, ... -
Understanding the conditions of bias : essays on gender differences in evaluation outcomes across three empirical contexts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)This dissertation contributes to our understanding of when and how gender is incorporated into the evaluation of individuals, leading to unequal outcomes for similar men and women. Prior research has shown that because ... -
Understanding the roles of technology in improvising
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)(cont.) significantly during an improvisation) and emergent artifacts (i.e., artifacts that are created and adapted during an improvisation). In addition, I find that there are three general uses of artifacts in improvising: ... -
A unified approach to single machine scheduling : heavy traffic analysis of dynamic cyclic policies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Users and customizable software : a co-adaptive phenomenon
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990) -
Using web data and services : technology, theory and evidence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Many firms and individuals have been publishing data and services on the Web. It is necessary to develop advanced technology facilitating the use of Web data and services and to understand what impacts on firms and individuals ... -
Valid inequalities and algorithms for the network design problem with an application to LTL consolidation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
Velocity-based storage and stowage decisions in a semi-automated fulfillment system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)The supply chain management for an online retailing business is centered around the operations of its fulfillment centers. A fulfillment center receives and holds inventory from vendors, and then uses this inventory to ... -
Vignettes on robust combinatorial optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)In this thesis, we design and analyze algorithms for robust combinatorial optimization in various settings. First, we consider the problem of simultaneously maximizing multiple objectives, all monotone submodular, subject ... -
Volatility modeling and estimation of high-frequency data with Gaussian noise
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Volatility, flexibility, and the multinational enterprise
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Voluntary disclosure as a response to low accounting quality : evidence from quarterly conference calls
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Warriors versus experts : managing conflict between professional groups for US Army mental healthcare
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Organizational life is rife with conflict between groups with different interests who pursue different goals. Integrative mechanisms to promote goal alignment do not always work, particularly when conflicts involve ... -
What do firm boundaries do? : employment relationships and transaction governance in internal and outsourced IT projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Firm boundaries have been the subject of much scholarly interest in recent years, as firms increasingly hire external, "contingent" workers and outsource previously core activities. However, little empirical research has ... -
What drives hedge fund returns? : models of flows, autocorrelation, optimal size, limits to arbitrage and fund failures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Hedge funds provide an opportunity for investing with few government regulations and high potential returns. Since 1980 this has lead to the dramatic, 25% annual increase in the number of hedge funds, and with nearly $700 ... -
What's on the table : revenue management and the welfare gap In the US airline industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis explores the potential improvements in Revenue Management from two distinct perspectives. The first piece of work is to explore the potential operational improvements, in which we aim to develop competitive and ... -
When commitment matters : essays on social evaluation and its market outcomes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)In my doctoral dissertation, I attempt to understand why and how an individual or organization's perceptions of commitment affect different market outcomes. This dissertation consists of three essays. In the first essay, ... -
When the chemistry is right : a study of work organization and change in two chemical plants
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
