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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)This thesis explores the problem of global supply chain flexibility in the context of a multinational commonly that we refer to as Company X. Company X faces competitive markets, increasingly demanding customers, and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)While most of the world's population resides in countries that are wealthy or developing, the rest reside in low-income and least developed countries (LDCs), left behind and growing more disconnected. At the same time, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Mobile traffic has grown substantially over the last few years; a trend which is expected to continue. The chief reasons behind this phenomenon are the availability of better handsets, faster cellular networks and the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Email, Instant Messaging, Voice Over IP (VOIP) and other means of online communication have become so ubiquitous today that we rarely take a moment to acknowledge how the internet has changed and redefined the ways in which ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Supply contracts are used to maximize profits in a supply chain by coordinating order quantities between the suppliers and retailers. In traditional supply contracts, retailers use a newsvendor approach to maximize their ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)There is an essential need in the retail industry, of integrating inventory planning and pricing strategies. In the fast-fashion world of retail, inventory is treated as a perishable item leading to short selling periods. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The principal scope of this project is to design, analyze and report a case study of how to effectively account for the highly likely scenario of a CO2 price policy (cap-and-trade or tax) with regard to Dell's product and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Advances in Information Technology and Information Systems delivery over the past decades have restructured industries and created enormous value. Interestingly however, research shows companies traditionally have a very ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)We explore corporate decisions and their solutions under uncertainty using engineering methods. Corporate decisions tend to be complex; they are interdisciplinary and defy programmable solutions. To address these challenges, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Entrepreneurship is a distinctively individual concept. The individual entrepreneur works on his or her own to create a new business. Employees on the other hand function within the boundaries of the company. Employees ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)This thesis uses case study and interview data to present a framework for analyzing corporate behavior in order to define corporate social responsibility (CSR). It answers the question: Can corporations tie corporate social ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The need for new Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) is growing with the challenge of providing affordable electricity under increasing environmental and public health constraints while promoting energy security and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Ozone formation is a complex, non-linear process that depends on the atmospheric concentrations of its precursors, nitrogen oxide (NOx) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), as well as on temperature and the available ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Human Systems Integration (HSI) is the interdisciplinary technical and management processes for integrating human considerations within and across all system elements. The goal of this research is to develop a better ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Platforming has become an important means of cost-sharing among industrial products. However, recent research has shown that many firms face systemic downward pressure on commonality, with the result that many platforms ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The evolutionary nature of Unmanned and Autonomous Systems of Systems (UASoS) acquisition needs to be matched by equally evolutionary test capabilities in the future. There is currently no standard method to determine what ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Amazon's phenomenal sales growth and desire to maintain "Earth's Biggest Selection" have led to an increase in the diversity of product offerings that has resulted in a corresponding increase in complexity of Amazon's ...
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(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 ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The design of ship structures was normally optimized to reduce construction material and maintain adequate strength while adhering to a given classification society's rules. In the case of Polar Class vessels, where weight ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)As the public health system in Burundi transitions from a mode of emergency humanitarian response to a sustainable operation, there is a significant opportunity to reduce costs by eliminating the duplication of functions ...
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