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Aadhaar & Blockchain : opportunities and challenges for India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)In India, the inability to prove one's identity is one of the biggest barriers that prevents the poor from accessing benefits and subsidies. India is a country with 1.3 billion residents in over 640,000 villages. The Indian ... -
An abductive approach to Design Structure Matrix (DSM) partitioning using frequency domain scoring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)A key benefit of the DSM representation is that it gives a visual interpretation of relationships between its elements. The array format allows us to sort the elements using clustering algorithms which try to group the ... -
Accelerating sustainability-oriented innovations in agribusiness : a set of proposed best practices for corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)The agribusiness industry is under pressure and on the brink of transformation. The current environmental and social impacts of the agribusiness industry are huge, increasingly visible, and problematic. Demands on this ... -
Accessibility in museums : where are we and where are we headed
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)This study examines the experience of blind people in science and art museums. It is important for two reasons. First, museums have the potential to become hotbeds for the development of inclusive technology and practices. ... -
Accounting for system level interaction in knowledge management initiatives
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)An overview of the operation of a modem, high bypass ratio, dual spool turbofan engine is presented to identify the multitude of system level interactions that must be considered when developing such an engine. The Design ... -
Achieving innovation and development speed in large structured organizations : an ecological view and case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Innovation has been long known to be difficult to accomplish in large companies that have well structured processes. Structured processes (such as the use of Six Sigma) can provide significant benefits in terms of efficiency ... -
Achieving supplier integration through implementation of supplier managed inventory programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)Competitive market pressures and new dynamics in manufacturer-supplier relationships have led to the development of collaborative initiatives between manufacturers and suppliers that result in improved inventory management ... -
Adding elements of innate human behavior to improve system performance and safety in the design of complex systems with corollaries to improve team performance
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Aerospace mergers and acquisitions from a lean enterprise perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)In the past twenty years, companies in the aerospace industry experienced major transitions: mergers and acquisitions, and lean transformation initiatives. This thesis presents research about the relation of lean efforts ... -
Airborne Internet : market & opportunity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)The purpose of this thesis to evaluate the opportunity for service provider entry and of the airborne internet, to analyze the disruptive impact technology used by AirCell and AeroSat has had on the development of an ... -
Aircraft remanufacturing process improvement analysis
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Aligning product and supply chain strategies in the mobile phone industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Designing and managing the supply chain of a company in the mobile phone industry is particularly challenging. Short product lifecycles, rapidly evolving technology, globally linked distribution networks, increasing product ... -
America disrupted : dynamics of the technical capability crisis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This study investigates the cause of the nearly twenty-five year decline in the percentage of U.S. born undergraduates earning degrees in engineering. This dramatic decline has occurred despite incredibly high pay and low ... -
Analysis and comparison of the biotech startup ecosystem in the United States and Japan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Many regions and cities, including in Japan, are interested in developing a biotech startup ecosystem. Therefore, there are several strategies and policy instruments in Japan to promote medical research and development and ... -
Analysis and design of systems utilizing blockchain technology to accelerate the humanitarian actions in the event of natural disasters
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)This paper focuses on designing novel ways to alleviate human and economic impacts caused by weather and climate disasters such as droughts and cyclones. Natural disasters are becoming apparent and continue to grow in ... -
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, ... -
An analysis of current guidance in the certification of airborne software
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The use of software in commercial aviation has expanded over the last two decades, moving from commercial passenger transport down into single-engine piston aircraft. The most comprehensive and recent official guidance on ... -
Analysis of DevOps in complex product-service system development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)DevOps, a paradigm in which development and operations processes and teams are considered elements of the same stack, is a new way of thinking in the software engineering domain. It has recently gained significant momentum ... -
Analysis of engineering knowledge management in Latin American military organizations : a case study
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An analysis of melt/coat process clubs at Eastman Kodak Company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
